Whampoa flat fire: 60-year-old man found dead in bedroom, 2 women rescued from kitchen

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A 60-year-old man died after a fire broke out in a Whampoa Housing Board flat in the early hours of May 6.

This is the third reported fire fatality in 2024, equalling the number of deaths for the whole of 2023.

Two others were rescued by firefighters from the utility room in the kitchen area and taken to Singapore General Hospital , said SCDF. A fire engulfed a flat at Lorong Limau early this morning. Sad that a senior had lost his life and 2 family members...SCDF said firefighters from Central Fire Station and Bishan Fire Station used two water jets to extinguish the blaze, which had affected the entire unit.@8world.news

She said that just before evacuating, she saw firefighters carrying an elderly man out of the burnt unit.Mr William Tan, 50, who lives on the fifth storey, said his wife heard three loud bangs at around 2am.

 

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