Elderly man and woman die in Sengkang condo fire

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Both were among three people who were unconscious when they were taken to hospital.

Nov 27, 2022 The two subsequently died from their injuries, said the police, while a 73-year-old man remains in hospital.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force said in a Facebook post on Sunday that it was alerted at about 1am to a fire at the condominium at 9 Rivervale Crescent.Firefighters forced their way into the smoke-logged unit and found three unconscious people inside.SCDF’s emergency medical services personnel performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on two of them and took them to Sengkang General Hospital.About 150 people from neighbouring units were evacuated by the police as a precautionary measure.

SCDF said the fire involved that contents of a bedroom and that it was extinguished with a water jet.

 

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