Five people taken to hospital after being trapped in burning Race Course Road flat
Three of the people rescued were unconscious, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force.
A flat fire on Race Course Road in Singapore resulted in five individuals being taken to hospitals for treatment on Monday. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to a blaze at Block 684 Race Course Road around 7:10 PM. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered a bedroom in a fifth-storey unit engulfed in flames and extinguished the fire with a water jet.
The police had to forcibly enter the locked unit, and three people - including a woman - were rescued and taken to hospitals, while the other two were also hospitalized. The SCDF rescued four people in total, with three of them found unconscious. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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