77-year-old woman dies after fire at Bukit Panjang flat
The woman was taken unconscious to hospital on Monday after the fire at Block 126 Pending Road.
A 77-year-old woman died after a fire broke out in her flat at Block 126 Pending Road in Bukit Panjang on Monday. She was one of two individuals taken to the hospital following the incident. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to the fire at around 3 pm, finding black smoke emanating from the sixth-floor Housing and Development Board unit.
Firefighters extinguished the flames, which were confined to the living room, using a single water jet. During the firefighting operation, they discovered an unconscious person in the living room, who was subsequently taken to Woodlands Hospital. Upon arrival, the woman was pronounced dead. A 62-year-old man was also taken to the hospital but was conscious upon arrival.
Police confirmed the woman's death and the man's hospitalization. Another person from a neighboring unit was assessed for smoke inhalation and transferred to Singapore General Hospital. About 70 residents were evacuated as a precaution. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. SCDF has previously identified unattended cooking, electrical fires, and unattended lighted materials as the top three causes of fires in residential premises.
They advised residents to refrain from leaving cooking unattended, maintain clean and grease-free stovetops, cookers, and ovens, avoid overloading power sockets and charging devices overnight, and ensure that lighted materials such as incense sticks and cigarettes are fully extinguished before disposal. This incident follows a series of fatal residential fires over the past few weeks, including a 70-year-old man who died in a fire at Block 39 Circuit Road on July 28, a person who perished in a blaze at Block 309 Clementi Ave 4 on July 31, an 88-year-old man who died two days after a fire at Block 684 Race Course Road, and a 67-year-old man who succumbed to injuries from a fire in a Jurong East flat on August 16. Earlier this month, a 68-year-old man also died in a flat fire at Lorong Lew Lian on September 1.
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