SINGAPORE: A person has died after a fire broke out in an HDB flat in Clementi late on Friday (July 31).
In a social media post early on Aug 1, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at Block 309 Clementi Avenue 4 at about 11.10pm on July 31.
When SCDF firefighters arrived at the scene, they saw flames in the living room of an eighth-floor unit. They had to force their way into the unit to extinguish the fire, which involved items in the living room, SCDF added.
The fire was put out with two water jets.
During the firefighting operation, a person was found trapped in the kitchen and was later taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC MP Sim Ann, the MP for the area, said in a social media post on Aug 1 that the person was found unconscious and died after being sent to hospital.
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