{"id":50652,"date":"2026-05-08T00:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50652"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:27:38","slug":"worker-killed-in-lightning-strike-at-fish-farm-off-lim-chu-kang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50652","title":{"rendered":"Worker killed in lightning strike at fish farm off Lim Chu Kang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: A man was killed after being struck by lightning while working at a fish farm in waters off the coast of Lim Chu Kang on Tuesday (May 5).<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Thursday night, in response to a CNA query, that the workplace incident occurred at about 4pm.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old worker was taken to Woodlands Hospital by the Singapore Civil Defence Force in an unconscious condition, where he died.<\/p>\n<p><span>Police said they received a call for assistance at 691 Lim Chu Kang Road, adding that based on preliminary investigations, foul play is not suspected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>MOM named F20W as the employer of the site where the man had been working.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MOM said that as a general safety measure, workers should immediately seek shelter when alerted to potential thundery showers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They should wait at least 30 minutes after the last sound of thunder before resuming outdoor activities.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <span>Meteorological Service Singapore,<\/span> the country<span> experiences an average of about 176 lightning days per year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Both the ministry and police are investigating the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/lightning-strike-worker-died-lim-chu-kang-fish-farm-6107606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: A man was killed after being struck by lightning while working at a fish farm in waters off the coast of Lim Chu Kang&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--JY50Iz62--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/05\/07\/screenshot_2026-05-07_234313.png?itok=7YJuE7Um","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1982,4091,979,1983,3268,9602,6412,12189,1692],"class_list":["post-50652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-chu","tag-farm","tag-fish","tag-kang","tag-killed","tag-lightning","tag-lim","tag-strike","tag-worker","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}