1989 Taufiqiah Al-Khairiah madrasa fire

1989 Taufiqiah Al-Khairiah madrasa fire

Date	22 September 1989 (1989-09-22)
Location	Guar Chempedak, Kedah, Malaysia
Coordinates	5°54′00″N100°26′11″E / 5.9°N 100.43633°E / 5.9; 100.43633
Also known as	27 Syuhada Peristiwa Kebakaran Pondok Pak Ya (27 Martyr of the Pondok Pak Ya Fire)
Cause	Accident by burning candle which were left alight in their hostel while the students fallen asleep after studying [1]
Deaths	27

The 1989 Taufiqiah Al-Khairiah madrasa fire, which occurred on 22 September 1989, was a fire that took place at Taufiqiah Al-Khairiah madrasa (also known as Madrasah Pondok Pak Ya) in Guar Chempedak, Kedah, Malaysia. Around 27 students, mostly girls, were killed in the incident. ^{[2] [3]} All bodies of the victimes were later buried in a special Muslim cemetery at Padang Lumat, they were named as the "27 Syuhada Peristiwa Kebakaran Pondok Pak Ya" (27 Martyrs of the Taufiqiah Al-Khairiah madrasa fire). ^[1]

Victims

A total of 27 victims, all women, were killed in the fire. ^[4]

1. Faridah binti Che Daud

2. Kamisah binti Sudin
3. Norazura binti Abdul Wahab
4. Siti Mariam binti Zakaria
5. Khairul Asma binti Abdullah
6. Faridah binti Baharom
7. Mariani binti Lebai Hassan
8. Norasmah binti Md. Nor
9. Hamidah binti Abd. Hamid
10. Asmah binti Osman
11. Siti Noraini binti Yaacob
12. Rokiah binti Abdullah
13. Zuraini binti Md. Fadzil
14. Sarina binti Shaari
15. Norasiah binti Mehad
16. Zaharah binti Ramli
17. Asnidar binti Abu Bakar
18. Paizah binti Isa
19. Nurul Uyun binti Abdullah
20. Anisah binti Osman
21. Mashitoh binti Yaacob
22. Ezzah binti Ismail
23. Siti Aishah binti Nayan
24. Syafinaz binti Ishak
25. Suhaibah binti Mahmud
26. Rosnani binti Ismail

27. Rohani binti Syaari

See also

• 2017 Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah madrasa fire

References

1. Nurliza Elami (18 May 2012). "Ingati syuhada korban kebakaran" (in Malay). Sinar Harian. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
2. Chan Kok Leong (14 September 2017). "A fire stoked by silence". The Malaysian Insight. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
3. "Religious school fire in Kuala Lumpur by no means the first". The Straits Times. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
4. Mustakim Ramli, Muhammad (19 September 2019). "'Pedih masih berbekas sehingga kini'". Berita Harian. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

Further reading

• Tragedi 27 Padang Lumat (in Malay). Al-Jihadi. 1994.