7 rescued, 5 taken to hospital after fire breaks out in house off Whitley Road

7 rescued, 5 taken to hospital after fire breaks out in house off Whitley Road


SINGAPORE – Seven people were rescued after a fire broke out in a landed home off Whitley Road in the wee hours of June 24.

Five of them were taken to hospital, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was alerted to the fire in Tan Sim Boh Road at about 3.30am. The landed enclave is next to Thomson Medical Centre.

The fire was put out with four water jets, said SCDF in a Facebook post. It added that firefighters were carrying out damping-down work, which helps prevent the rekindling of a fire.




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