77-year-old woman dies after fire at Pending Road flat
The woman was taken unconscious to hospital on Monday, where she subsequently died, police said.
On Monday (Sep 28), a 77-year-old woman passed away after a fire erupted in a flat on Pending Road, according to police. The incident occurred in the sixth-floor Housing and Development Board unit at Block 126 Pending Road. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted to the fire around 3pm on Monday, with black smoke billowing from the unit.
Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a living room engulfed in flames and discovered an unconscious individual in the room. They managed to extricate the person and transported them to hospital, where they later succumbed to their injuries. Another occupant, a 62-year-old man, was rescued from the same flat in stable condition.
The SCDF extinguished the fire using a single water jet, focusing their efforts on the living room area. Following the fire, about 70 residents were evacuated as a precautionary measure. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation, as are police inquiries into the incident. This tragic event marks a series of fatal residential fires that have occurred since late July, with notable fatalities including a 70-year-old man in late July, an 88-year-old man in late July, an 88-year-old man in early August, and a 67-year-old man in mid-August.
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