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SINGAPORE – The neighbourly, communal spirit of residents in Woodlands\u2019 Admiralty Grove was on display on Sept 14, when they managed to put out a fire in the corridor of an HDB block before firefighters arrived.<\/p>\n
Resident Faith Chong was having dinner at home at around 9.35pm, when a series of mini explosions came from outside her family\u2019s eighth-floor flat.<\/p>\n
Realising it was a fire at the corner flat four units away from their own, she and her husband decided the first thing they had to do was try to help their neighbours.<\/p>\n
\u201cI shouted \u2018Fire! Fire!\u2019… then I called my neighbour (in the affected flat) because I knew she was at home with her mother-in-law and two young kids,\u201d said Chong.<\/p>\n
Her husband, Jeffrey Lim, 36, sprang into action, taking along a fire extinguisher they kept at home to fight the flames, she said.<\/p>\n
His efforts managed to douse the flames long enough for the affected unit\u2019s occupants to escape the flat through the front door, only for the fire to reignite after.<\/p>\n
Soon after the extinguisher was depleted, a group of boys from the estate showed up, said Chong, 30. Unreeling the floor\u2019s communal fire hose, the boys and another man helped put out the fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just using my logic,\u201d Lim, a civil servant, said on what guided his rescue efforts, despite having no experience fighting fires before this. He also went back to his flat to get a wet towel so the boys could use it to reduce smoke inhalation amid the fumes.<\/p>\n
In a series of videos Chong posted, residents were also seen gathering water pails to assist with the firefighting efforts.<\/p>\n
The fire involved a shoe rack in the common corridor on the eighth floor, said officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), confirming that the fire was put out before they arrived.<\/p>\n
There were no reported injuries, and the cause of the fire is under investigation, added the SCDF.<\/p>\n
The police said they received several calls for assistance at 9.35pm that day, with investigations ongoing.<\/p>\n
Photos taken by residents showed the charred ceiling and walls outside the affected flat. An exercise bike placed outside the flat was also damaged in the fire.<\/p>\n
In the face of danger, Chong said, she was moved by the concerted actions and \u201ckampung spirit\u201d of her Admiralty Grove neighbours coming together to keep their estate safe.<\/p>\n
Asked what made her decide to help her neighbours instead of evacuating from the block, she drew upon the words of Lilo, of the Disney series Lilo & Stitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are quite closely knit, like a family,\u201d said Chong, a ventriloquist.<\/p>\n
\u201cOhana means family, family means no one gets left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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