One dead after fire at Choa Chu Kang flat
The fire involved a bedroom of a unit on the 14th floor - with the deceased found inside the unit, and subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic.
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SINGAPORE: A person died and another was taken to hospital after a fire at a Choa Chu Kang flat on Thursday (Mar 19).
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to a fire at Block 763 Choa Chu Kang North 5 at about 3am.
The fire involved a bedroom of a unit on the 14th floor.
During the firefighting operation, a person was found inside the unit, SCDF said in its Facebook post on Thursday.
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"The person was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic," it added.
Another person from the affected unit who had evacuated before SCDF’s arrival was assessed for smoke inhalation and taken to Singapore General Hospital.
Two other people from the affected block were assessed for smoke inhalation, but declined to be brought to the hospital.
About 70 people were evacuated by the police and SCDF as a "precautionary measure".
SCDF extinguished the fire with two water jets and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
CNA has contacted the police for more information.
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