Why the Spate of Fire in Pigeonholes?

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Cos more and more poor SGs are using firewood?

8 hurt in pre-dawn fire in Jurong
Posted: 20 May 2012 1032 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Eight people were injured in an early morning fire at a flat at Tah Ching Road in Jurong.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call at 4.30am about the fire at Block 337B.

The fire was confined to the living room of the affected unit on the 15th floor.

SCDF said the unit's six occupants had self-evacuated by the time SCDF personnel arrived on the scene. The other two are neighbours.

The fire was put out within eight minutes.

Twenty other residents in the block had also evacuated the building.

Five of those injured sustained burns to various parts of their bodies.

Three suffered smoke inhalation.

Two of eight individuals suffered both burns and smoke inhalation.

All eight were sent to hospital.

Four of the injured who were sent to Singapore General Hospital are in stable condition.

Two are in ICU while the other two are in the high dependency ward.

As for the other four casualties who were sent to National University Hospital, two are in stable condition in the high dependency ward. Another is in the normal ward while a fourth person is expected to be discharged on Sunday.

The casualties are aged between 24 and 90 years.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

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