Blaze which led to firefighter’s death likely of electrical origin, says SCDF

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The blaze in a flat in Block 91 Henderson Road which led to the death of a firefighter, Corporal Edward H. Go, was likely of electrical origin and started in the bedroom, according to preliminary investigations, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said on Saturday. Cpl...

The blaze in a flat in Block 91 Henderson Road which led to the death of a firefighter, Corporal Edward H. Go, was likely of electrical origin and started in the bedroom, according to preliminary investigations, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said on Saturday.The SCDF was alerted to the fire at about 11.

10am and when its personnel arrived at the scene, the blaze was raging inside the fourth-floor unit of the block in Bukit Merah, and the corridor was filled with smoke.The SCDF said Cpl Go fell unconscious in the kitchen area. His crew took him out of the unit and tried to resuscitate him before he was taken to Singapore General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

 

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