SINGAPORE: Two elderly women were rescued after fire
broke out in a flat at Block 612 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 on Wednesday
afternoon.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said they received
a call just before 5pm and reached the site within five
minutes.
They forced their way into the four-room flat and
extinguished the fire in the kitchen.
SCDF said one of the women was found crouching in the corner of one
bedroom.
The other was found in another bedroom nearest to the
kitchen.
Both were conscious and brought to hospital for smoke
inhalation.
Thirty people were evacuated from the 3rd, 4th and 5th levels of
the block as a precautionary measure.
It's not known what caused the fire.
- CNA/cc