Yesterday, 240 students escaped from a fire at the hostel of the school’s Sungai Dedap branch in Yan, Kedah, at about 4.50pm.

It followed a fire which broke out at the Kampung Dulang Besar branch in the same district on Saturday.

In yesterday’s incident, none of the students were at the hostel as they were in a different study block.

The fire, which broke out at the top floor of the three-story hostel building, was put out by staff members of the tahfiz school using fire extinguishers before the firemen arrived, according to Yan district fire and rescue department chief Fauzi Shuaib.

Utusan Malaysia quoted him as saying that the ceiling and several mattresses were damaged.

Saturday’s fire, which also broke out on the top floor of the two-story hostel building at the Kampung Dulang Besar branch, caused slight damage but no one was hurt as the students were doing outdoor activities.