Arsonists are believed to have struck a five-room HDB flat in the Bukit Panjang area on June 23 morning.Petrol have been splashed on the floor of the sixth story Senja Road flat.Singapore Civil Defence Force took about 10mins to extinguish the fire and rescued eight of the ten flat occupants, who tried to escape by climbing through the building's narrow air condition-ing ledge.
Flames from the burning sixth-storey flat reached as high as the ninth floor, blackening the exterior walls of the Bukit Panjang block. Units directly above the fiery flat were damaged by the blaze ,cracking glass panes. An 82-year old retired fireman ran for pails of water to help douse the flames.Onlookers shouted to the trapped man to stay calm and assured them that help was on the way.
Personal Response:
I feel that this is such a tragedy as the flame has cause a lot of damage to the resident's property.It is also a good way of showing the singaporean spirit as a multi-racial society.
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