A late-night fire, believed to be caused by a personal mobility device (PMD), ripped through a second-storey flat in Hougang, sending a family of three scrambling for their lives. Residents at Block 313 Hougang Avenue 5 were jolted awake just before 1am on Aug 16 by the...
Preliminary investigations indicate that the fire originated from a PMD in the living room. Investigations into the exact cause of the fire are ongoing.A late-night fire, believed to be caused by a personal mobility device , ripped through a second-storey flat in Hougang , sending a family of three scrambling for their lives.
One resident, who wished to remain anonymous, shared that he rushed down from his seventh-storey unit after hearing frantic cries of:"Fire! Fire!"“I saw the uncle lying on the ground. He couldn't move because one of his ankle was injured,” the resident said, adding that the man had apparently jumped from the second-storey kitchen window to escape the blaze.
According to accounts from residents, the fire trapped a family of three inside the flat. In a daring escape, the father jumped out the kitchen window while the mother lowered their son from the same window to be caught by her husband below. The SCDF confirmed in a Facebook post that they found the living room of the unit engulfed in flames, with one person trapped inside.
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