VIDEO: Scene after a tree fell and hit a HDB block near Old Airport Road this morning, shattering windows and damaging air-conditioning units (Video: CNA reader)
SINGAPORE: A tree fell and hit an HDB block at Jalan Dua, near Old Airport Road, during a heavy downpour early Wednesday morning, damaging windows and air conditioning units on the building.
A spokesperson for Marine Parade Town Council said the incident near Block 97, Jalan Dua, happened at around 5am.Shards of broken glass in the window of a 6th floor unit at Block 97, Jalan Dua. Block 97 resident Selvam Steve, 52, said he was woken up by the sound of his window pane shattering at about 5.20am. He told CNA that his family had found broken glass shards up to his living room.
Mr Steve, who has lived in a unit on the fifth floor for 13 years, said this was the first time something like this had happened.A 60-year-old resident, who wanted to be known only as Madam Tan, also said she woke up to a"loud noise".She said she counted herself"lucky" that her windows were not damaged, even though the tree was leaning against it. The windows in the unit next to hers were in a bad state, she added.
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