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Two sent to hospital after fire in HDB flat at Sago Lane

SINGAPORE — Two residents of a Housing Development Board (HDB) unit at Block 4 Sago Lane were sent to the hospital on Monday morning (Jan 23) after a fire broke out in their kitchen.

An aftermath of a fire that broke out at Blk 4 Sago Lane on Monday (Jan 23). Photo: Wee Teck Hian

An aftermath of a fire that broke out at Blk 4 Sago Lane on Monday (Jan 23). Photo: Wee Teck Hian

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SINGAPORE — Two residents of a Housing Development Board (HDB) unit at Block 4 Sago Lane were sent to the hospital on Monday morning (Jan 23) after a fire broke out in their kitchen.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that it had received multiple phone calls at around 5am alerting them to the fire. Two fire engines, two Red Rhinos, one ambulance a support vehicle were dispatched to the scene.

Upon arrival, SCDF personnel rescued and evacuated two occupants, an elderly woman in her 80s and a man in his 50s, from the affected unit on the 10th floor. Both suffered smoke inhalation and were sent to the hospital.

The fire was extinguished one compressed air foam jet and one water jet. SCDF said that 15 residents from upper floors had also self-evacuated during the fire prior to SCDF's arrival. 

A resident who lives on the 12th floor told TODAY that she had been awoken early in the morning by the smell of smoke and noise coming from the corridor. The caller who wanted to be known only as Ms Ariel said she only returned back home at around 6.20am.

SCDF vehicles at the scene of the fire at Blk 4 Sago Lane. Photo: Ms Ariel

Investigations into the cause of the fire are ongoing.

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