Ministry of Manpower says gondola tilted as its supports failed
SINGAPORE: Two construction workers were taken to hospital on Thursday morning after the gondola carrying them tilted suddenly while they were working on repairs to an HDB block in Boon Lay.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force reported that it received a distress call from Block 199 Boon Lay Drive at around 8:10 am. When SCDF personnel arrived at the scene, they found a tilted gondola and a worker on the ledge of the 15th floor.Another worker climbed in through the window of a 14th-floor unit with the assistance of residents living in the block before SCDF personnel arrived. The ground floor of the HDB block was cordoned off to prevent vehicles and people from approaching.
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