Follow us on Telegram for the latest updates: https://t.me/motherships A fire broke out in the living room of a Bedok North flat on early Friday morning, May 13. A total of four people were found unconscious in the Block 409 Bedok North Avenue 2 unit when Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) personnel arrived at the fourth floor flat at about 6:40am. It was later reported that three of them, including a toddler, died in the fire. Alerting the neighbours In a Facebook post , Member of Parliament (MP) Tan Kiat How shared that he had visited the location and spoken to residents, who told him stories of how neighbours and volunteers “bravely jumped in to help”. Tan represents the Kampong Chai Chee ward of East Coast GRC. One story he highlighted was of a 14-year-old boy who ran “the length and breadth” of the block without his shoes to alert neighbours to the fire. Tan added that the boy, named Ping Pang, is currently a student at Temasek Junior College IP. There was also another young man who assisted by carrying his neighbour's mother, who was in a wheelchair, to safety. “This is truly our Kampong spirit,” Tan added. According… Read full this story
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