TAWAU: A total of 286 people from 81 families have been evacuated to a relief centre (PPS) at the Multipurpose Hall of the Tawau Sports Complex here as of 8 am today following a fire in Kampung Tanjung Batu Laut Logpond yesterday.

The Secretariat of the Sabah Disaster Management Committee (JBPN), in a statement today, said another PPS has been opened at Dewan OT Mohd Jantan Tanjung Batu Darat here to cater for the fire victims.

"These two PPS were opened at 8 pm yesterday in anticipation of an increase in the number of victims to be evacuated," it said.

Yesterday the media reported that about 45 houses were destroyed in a fire in Kampung Tanjung Batu Laut Logpond at about 2.30 pm yesterday.

-- BERNAMA