Maid hurt after suspected gas explosion blew off cabinet doors in Upper Paya Lebar Road

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'My maid was in a state of shock and there were cuts on her leg. The (sliding) door of the stove cabinet where the gas cylinder is kept had shattered into pieces on the kitchen floor.'

A migrant domestic worker in her 30s was taken to hospital on Monday afternoon after a suspected gas explosion at a landed property in Upper Paya Lebar Road.

"My maid was in a state of shock and there were cuts on her leg. The door of the stove cabinet where the gas cylinder is kept had shattered into pieces on the kitchen floor," he said.The Singapore Civil Defence Force said on Tuesday that it had been alerted to a fire in Upper Paya Lebar Road at around 11.50am on Monday.

Mr Lim said a Tan Bros Gas Supply employee conducted checks in his home after the incident and found that a gas cylinder hose had been damaged.ST has contacted Tan Bros Gas Supply for comment. The retiree said in Mandarin:"After making sure the explosion was not in my home, I ran next door. There was no fire in the kitchen of the affected house where a number of neighbours had gathered outside.

 

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