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From now on, I have nothing but respect and admiration for all PMD riders. I promise to not slam them anymore. I also aspire to be one of them.
RIP Mr Goh.
Man who died in PMD-related fire left toilet to save dogs in living room
Wan Ting Koh
Reporter
Yahoo News Singapore 23 October 2020
Remains of burnt e-scooters after a fire at Bukit Batok in July last year. (PHOTO: Murali Pillai/Facebook)
SINGAPORE — A man who died in a fire that might have been caused by a charging personal mobility device (PMD) had left his place of refuge in a toilet to try and save his dogs in the living room.
Goh Keng Soon, 40, was initially in the master bedroom’s toilet with his wife during the fire, according to a Singapore Police Force (SPF) investigation officer, who was testifying at a coroner’s inquiry into Goh’s death on Friday (23 October). He asked his wife to stay in the toilet while he left to save the two dogs that were barking in the living room, the officer said.
The device had earlier been left to charge in the living room while Goh and his wife retired to bed around midnight.
Due to the intense heat and smoke from the fire, Goh hid in the common toilet where he subsequently collapsed. He was found later by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which responded to a call from a member of the public reporting the case of an e-scooter on fire at Goh’s Bukit Batok unit, at around 12.41am on 18 July last year.
Goh died from multiple organ failure following a heart attack and had thermal burns and coronary artery disease, said SPF’s Inspector Muhammad Eszham Sabtu, referring to an autopsy report.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/man-who-d...et-to-save-dogs-in-living-room-065833107.html
RIP Mr Goh.
Man who died in PMD-related fire left toilet to save dogs in living room
Wan Ting Koh
Reporter
Yahoo News Singapore 23 October 2020
Remains of burnt e-scooters after a fire at Bukit Batok in July last year. (PHOTO: Murali Pillai/Facebook)
SINGAPORE — A man who died in a fire that might have been caused by a charging personal mobility device (PMD) had left his place of refuge in a toilet to try and save his dogs in the living room.
Goh Keng Soon, 40, was initially in the master bedroom’s toilet with his wife during the fire, according to a Singapore Police Force (SPF) investigation officer, who was testifying at a coroner’s inquiry into Goh’s death on Friday (23 October). He asked his wife to stay in the toilet while he left to save the two dogs that were barking in the living room, the officer said.
The device had earlier been left to charge in the living room while Goh and his wife retired to bed around midnight.
Due to the intense heat and smoke from the fire, Goh hid in the common toilet where he subsequently collapsed. He was found later by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which responded to a call from a member of the public reporting the case of an e-scooter on fire at Goh’s Bukit Batok unit, at around 12.41am on 18 July last year.
Goh died from multiple organ failure following a heart attack and had thermal burns and coronary artery disease, said SPF’s Inspector Muhammad Eszham Sabtu, referring to an autopsy report.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/man-who-d...et-to-save-dogs-in-living-room-065833107.html
