20120505 Shingapore 20 rental flats hit in Marsiling blaze
May 04 2012
20 rental flats hit in Marsiling blaze
Updated: 2012-05-05
Electricians rewiring cables on the 11th-floor lift landing of the Marsiling Road block where the fire is believed to have started. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN
Firemen forced their way into 18 flats on Friday when fire swept the 11th floor of a block of rental flats in Marsiling Road.
They found seven occupants inside and rescued them.
Another 15 occupants from flats on the 10th and 12th floors were also evacuated.
Eleven people, including two children, were taken to hospital and treated for smoke inhalation and breathlessness.
Straits Times
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