One dead after fire in Upper Serangoon flat
SINGAPORE – One person was taken unconscious to hospital after a fire broke out at an HDB flat in Lorong Lew Lian, in Upper Serangoon, on Sept 1.
Three others were also taken to hospital, and about 30 people were evacuated.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post that day that it had been alerted to the fire at Block 8 Lorong Lew Lian at around 2.45pm.
Black smoke was emitting from a unit on the third floor when SCDF officers arrived.
The fire, which involved contents of the living room, was extinguished using one water jet, said SCDF.
During the firefighting operation, an unconscious person was found in the living room.
Firefighters took the person out of the unit and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The person was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
SCDF also assessed three other people, one for smoke inhalation and two others for breathlessness. They were taken to Singapore General Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
As a precaution, about 30 persons from the affected block were evacuated by the police and the SCDF.
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