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Giant tree collapses on Tanglin CC, no one hurt
The tree was more than 24m tall with a girth of 4.6m. The debris was cleared by 5pm on Monday. PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
Students at a pottery lesson in the Tanglin Community Club had just left when a huge tree fell and damaged the roof of its Ceramic Room last Saturday. A pottery teacher and an assistant who were in the room were unhurt. The National Parks Board was alerted to the fallen West Indian locust tree at Malcolm Park beside the community club, at about 8.30pm. The 24m-tall...