California boat fire: Singaporean Sunil Singh Sandhu confirmed among 34 dead

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SINGAPORE: A Singaporean who had been living in the San Francisco Bay Area has been confirmed to be among the 34 victims in a boat fire in California.

Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday confirmed that two Singaporeans are among the victims of the blaze.

On the same day, the US Coast Guard issued a safety bulletin focusing on emergency escape routes, crew training and the charging of lithium-ion batteries.The Coast Guard did not identify a cause of the fire in its safety bulletin, but the document suggests that investigators may be looking into the possibility that the fire was ignited by the charging of electronic devices.

A senior scientist in silicon photonics at PointCloud, a nanotechnology startup, Dr Sunil spoke French, Japanese, Russian, Mandarin, Malay and English. Dr Sunil Singh Sandhu was "deeply loved by his family and friends", reads a biography written by his friends.

 

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