Family in Boon Lay Housing Board flat fire safe, but have lost most of their belongings

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Family in Boon Lay Housing Board flat fire safe, but have lost most of their belongings
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SINGAPORE - Hours after a fire engulfed their fourth-floor Housing Board flat in Boon Lay on Monday (July 15) night, the family returned to find that little remained of their home.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - Hours after a fire engulfed their fourth-floor Housing Board flat in Boon Lay on Monday night , the family returned to find that little remained of their home.

Six people were injured and about 100 residents had to be evacuated as a result of the blaze on Monday. The injured were taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. His mother - Madam Bebas Zakariya, 64 - was the one who discovered the fire. It had started on the mattress in the bedroom at around 10pm. Madam Assirah then called the Singapore Civil Defence Force and left the flat with her four children and Madam Bebas.

Although the family owns a personal mobility device , it was with Mr Rohisyam in his bus at the time of the incident.The SCDF said it responded to the fire at 10.15pm, putting it out with one water jet. Police assisted SCDF officers in evacuating residents from the block.She was subsequently discharged on Tuesday.

Madam Assirah told ST that HDB had arranged for the family to move into a seventh-floor flat in the same block. As of 4pm on Tuesday, they were still at Boon Lay CC but were hoping to move in later in the evening.

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