She said residents on the 14th storey opened windows, and one worker managed to get in. The other worker managed to climb onto the ledge on the 15th floor.
Gabrielle Chan, BNB Diviyadhaarshini and Shintaro TayTwo workers had a close call on Thursday morning after the gondola they were in tipped sideways at the top of a 15-storey Housing Board block in Boon Lay Drive.
The SCDF added that the other worker got to safety through the windows of a unit on the 14th storey before it arrived.When contacted later, a spokesman for the West Coast Town Council said the workers had been discharged and given medical leave.The WCTC spokesman said the support system for the gondola set up by the contractor on the roof had given way, causing it to tilt.The workers were contracted to carry out repairs and redecoration work on Block 199, as well as other blocks in the vicinity.
She added that there were two people on the gondola at the time. A few seconds later, she saw debris fall from the top of the building.She added that one of the workers almost fell but managed to hold on to the wall and stabilise himself. She added that when she saw the worker, he had one foot on the window ledge and the other entangled with a cable still attached to the gondola.
Minister for National Development Desmond Lee, who is an MP for West Coast GRC, said that the WCTC team was on site.
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