20240512 Man, 68, taken to hospital after fire at Chinatown flat
Singapore May 12 2024 “Apartment houses”
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Man, 68, taken to hospital after fire at Chinatown flat
Updated: 2024-05-12
SINGAPORE – A 68-year-old man was taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a flat in Chinatown on May 11.
The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the fire at Block 5 Banda Street at around 2.20pm.
The fire broke out inside the bedroom of an 11th-floor flat, SCDF added. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, which involved a mattress, with a water jet.
SCDF said it rescued a person from the unit and had to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the person.
The person was unconscious when taken to Singapore General Hospital.
The police and SCDF evacuated about 15 people from the affected block as a precaution.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, SCDF added.
Web Source The Straits Times
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