The three victims were taken to hospital unconscious.
When Singapore Civil Defence Force personnel arrived at the fourth floor flat at about 6.40am, they found four unconscious people in the unit which had “a vast accumulation of combustible items”, SCDF said in a Facebook post.
He said that three of the residents have died but declined to provide more details out of consideration for the family affected.The cause of the fire is still under investigation.The mother, toddler and another person were found in the bedroom while one person was found in the living room.Firefighters had to force their way into the cluttered bedroom to rescue the three people in it. SCDF officers performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on two of the victims.
Toh, who lives with his wheelchair-bound mother, was grateful to his neighbours who helped them evacuate from the unit. Another resident, Jean Mah, 61, said she heard a loud explosion as she was evacuating her unit at around 6.30am.
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