KUCHING SMK Kuching High was left in a state of disarray after a massive fire reduced an entire block to rubble and badly damaged the school's administrative building yesterday.
No casualties were reported in the 1.05pm incident.
Forty one Fire Department personnel from the Batu Lintang, Tabuan Jaya, Petra Jaya and Padungan fire stations battled for nearly and hour to contain the inferno, which was believed to have started at the ground floor of the block before spreading to the junior science labs above.
The fire rapidly engulfed the entire three storey wooden block which was built in 1974 and spread to the school's main building which housed the principal's office, staff room, library and administrative office.