{"id":1989,"date":"2010-02-24T01:13:40","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T17:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/index.php\/2010\/02\/200-year-old-temple-destroyed-in-night-blaze\/"},"modified":"2010-02-24T01:13:40","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T17:13:40","slug":"200-year-old-temple-destroyed-in-night-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/200-year-old-temple-destroyed-in-night-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"200-year-old temple destroyed in night blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"mailto:newsdesk@thestar.com.my\">newsdesk@thestar.com.my<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KUALA TERENGGANU: A large part of the 200-year-old Ho Ann Kiong  Chinese temple in the Chinatown here has been destroyed in a fire.<\/p>\n<p>The  temple was built in 1801 by the early Hokkien community. It is among  the oldest structure in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 60% of the building was  destroyed in the 9.30pm fire on Monday night. No fatalities were  reported.<\/p>\n<p>State Fire and Rescue Department officer Mohamed Amin  Mohamad Basir said preliminary investigations showed there were no  elements of arson or sabotage involved.<\/p>\n<p>Three fire engines with  15 firemen managed to put out the fire in about 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Those  living near the temple first saw smoke billowing out from the building  at 9.30pm but could not do much as the gate was locked, said state MCA  chairman and Bandar state assemblyman Toh Chin Yaw.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story_image center\" style=\"width: 394px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestar.com.my\/archives\/2010\/2\/24\/nation\/temple.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"380\" height=\"230\" \/> <span class=\"caption\">Great loss: Bystanders  preventing caretaker C.K. Tan, 24, from rushing into the burning temple  in Kuala Terengganu on Monday night. Tan wanted to dash in to salvage  the statue of the Goddess of the Sea or Ma Zu.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Rebuilding  the temple would be a difficult endeavour as building materials were  shipped in from China about 200 years ago, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kuala  Terengganu MP Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut said he would contribute towards  the temple restoration as it was part of the state\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n<p>State  Police Chief Senior Asst Comm 1 Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said police  would not compromise on any attempt by anyone to relate the fire to  arson or attack on places of worship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>newsdesk@thestar.com.my KUALA TERENGGANU: A large part of the 200-year-old Ho Ann Kiong Chinese temple in the Chinatown here has been destroyed in a fire. The temple was built in 1801 by the early Hokkien community. It is among the oldest structure in the state. Almost 60% of the building was destroyed in the 9.30pm fire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"better_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}