Singapore News - Five people were taken to hospital after a fire in North Bridge Road on Saturday night. A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman said it was alerted to the blaze at Block 8 at about 10.15pm. The fire involved the contents of a seventh-storey unit in the. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Speaking to
Lianhe Wanbao, 31-year-old Nurul Fadilah said she and her husband noticed that smoke was coming out from a neighbour s flat that morning. They then rushed over to investigate.
At that time, the inner door was unlocked so Fadilah squatted down to have a look.
She discovered a man wearing a striped shirt lying on the ground near the door in an unconscious state.
Upon learning that someone was trapped in the unit, her husband, 32-year-old Muhammad Nasiruddin Md Khalid, immediately tried to open the window of the flat to gain a better understanding of the situation inside.
However, the fire had heated the windows up, making it too hot to open them.
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Singapore One man posted bloodied photos of himself on social media after being attacked without warning by his neighbour, who hit him twice with a bicycle chain.
What made it worse was that the man’s two children saw him “covered in blood” and he was concerned for their safety.
Fortunately, another neighbour came to his help, said the 47-year-old man, a graphic designer who goes by the name Alex Tohsw on Facebook.
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