a fire in a Bukit Panjang flat on Sept 28<\/span><\/a> has died, the police said on Sept 30.<\/p>\nThis would make it the sixth death from a fire since July 28.<\/p>\n
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a social media post on Sept 28 that it was alerted to the fire at Block 126 Pending Road at about 3pm that day.<\/p>\n
When its officers arrived at the scene, black smoke was coming out of a unit on the sixth floor.<\/p>\n
The fire involved items in the living room, said SCDF, adding that the cause of the fire was under investigation.<\/p>\n
The fire was extinguished using one water jet.<\/p>\n
Firefighters found an unconscious person in the living room during the firefighting operation, and took the person out of the unit.<\/p>\n
An SCDF paramedic and emergency medical technicians performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation before the person was taken to Woodlands Hospital.<\/p>\n
A 62-year-old man from a neighbouring unit was assessed for smoke inhalation and taken conscious to Singapore General Hospital, the police and SCDF said.<\/p>\n