SINGAPORE - Three town council cleaners at work at a block in Yishun last Saturday wasted no time in responding when they heard cries for help.
Using a sledge hammer one of them grabbed on the way up, the trio forced open the metal gate of the two-room flat occupied by Mr Ismail Sanif, 53, and his wife. Mr Ismail, who was halfway through a shower, had climbed onto the ledge outside his toilet to escape the fire even though he was not fully dressed.
About 40 residents evacuated themselves from the block before the Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted at 9.45am to the fire.
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