Bukit Batok HDB fire that led to woman's death likely ignited by cigarette, spread to hoarded items: Coroner's court

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The 60-year-old fainted in the kitchen toilet, while her son and husband climbed out onto a ledge outside the kitchen window where they were eventually rescued.

who was trapped in her Bukit Batok flat was likely accidentally ignited by a cigarette butt and spread to hoarded items piled up outside the unit, a coroner's court heard on Tuesday .She died in hospital more than a month later of smoke inhalation injuries.

They found that the fire hose reel cabinets on that floor were padlocked, and took about two minutes to cut the lock. However, the hose reelsFirefighters eventually put out the blaze at about 5.15am. They did so using hoseline jets via the dry riser and put out the fire within seconds.Items that were piled up near the window of the flat were on fire and the firefighters faced difficulties manoeuvring inside the flat as it was heavily cluttered with items.

They concluded that it was most probably caused by an accidental drop light from cigarette butt embers. No cigarette butt was found at the scene, but it could have been burnt up by the fire, the court heard.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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