Man who hoarded items died from accidental fire in Tampines flat: Coroner

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SINGAPORE — When a fire broke out in 58-year-old Sim Buay Piak’s Tampines flat last year, firefighters struggled to get through stacks of hoarded items that towered to the ceiling.

When they finally got to Sim, he was squatting in an unconscious state in the kitchen toilet, clutching a rubber hose connected to a water tap.

However, there was no electricity or water supply in his flat as he had not been paying the utility bills.

He was later pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene, having succumbed to smoke inhalation.

More at https://www.todayonline.com/singapo...ms-died-accidental-fire-tampines-flat-coroner
 
That picture of him at his last moments clutching to the hose, laying dead can very well be the watermark background with a "where's my cpf?" slogan of any new oppie party... sympathy votes aplenty...
 
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