Man tells of attempt to save victims in fatal Bedok North fire as six residents get SCDF award

Despite having an elderly mother who uses a wheelchair, Mr Willie Toh, 45, went to check on his neighbours when he realised their unit was ablaze."He passed me a set of keys and begged me to save him," Mr Toh said, adding that he managed to unlock the wooden door as the blaze raged inside. The metal gate was already open.

The award is presented to members of the public whose actions involve an element of self-risk or who contributed to saving lives. One of the other awardees, Mr Chiong Hai Weng, 63, went to alert his neighbour, 101-year-old Madam Goh, who lives with her granddaughter and is hard of hearing, after he saw smoke rising from a unit below.'I didn't want anyone to be injured': Boy, 14, alerts neighbours in Bedok North fire

Also receiving the award were two brothers, Cheng Ping Peng, 14, and Cheng Ping Chen, 13, who ran door to door to warn their neighbours about the fire. LTA Kane Teo Kian Hong, a rota commander at Kallang Fire Station, received an additional mention for stopping to help residents when the fire broke out while he was heading to work.

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