The block was built by the British during the post-war era and is now a state property.
The blast left a gaping hole in a wall in the kitchen, and the floor littered with large chunks of concrete and debris.Minutes after returning home from church activities at about 11pm that night, the 76-year-old was jolted by the sound of a blast from the kitchen of his black-and-white flat in the Monk’s Hill area.
“My usual routine after returning home from church is to make a cup of coffee or tea in the kitchen,” the retired businessman told The Straits Times over the phone on March 22.In photographs Mr Lee showed ST, damaged kitchen fixtures such as wooden cabinets can be seen. One of the concrete slabs was bigger than the trolley used to cart it away.
The SCDF said it extinguished a fire after being alerted to a call for assistance at 426 Clemenceau Avenue North at about 10.30am on March 21. A spokesperson for the Building and Construction Authority said the building, which was built by the British during the post-war era and is now a state property managed by Knight Frank, was structurally safe.
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