3 children taken to hospital after fire in Sembawang flat

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Around 100 residents from the seventh floor to the 15th storey were evacuated by the police as a precautionary measure.

September 28, 2022

The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to a fire on the seventh storey of Block 340A Sembawang Close at around 5pm.In a Facebook post on Wednesday night, the SCDF said:"Three of the occupants were to KK Women's and Children's Hospital for smoke inhalation, while the other two occupants refused after being assessed by an SCDF paramedic."

The SCDF added:"The fire was confined to a bedroom and was extinguished by SCDF using a water jet in about 15 minutes. The living room was affected by heat and smoke damage caused by the fire." He said:"They were housed temporally at Canberra Zone 1 Residents' Network while waiting for HDB to allocate a temporary flat to house them. HDB managed to assist them by providing a temporary vacant flat nearby, but it is completely unfurnished."

 

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