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BEAUFORT: Firefighters here attended to several distress calls which included catching snakes and dousing flames involving a switch box here.

Fire and Rescue Station Chief Hasbullah Nenggok said the first incident took place at 1.35pm involving a cobra at Kg Kukut on Saturday. The same day at 6.48pm, a 10-foot long python weighing 100kg was captured at Kg Kubu. The captured reptiles were handed over to the Wildlife Department for further action. A day earlier, firefighters helped put out a fire at Taman Selagon Lorong 2 Lot 97.  The prompt action by the house owner led to the quick dousing of the fire by the firemen.