Two workers trapped on gondola at Maybank Tower
Two workers are trapped on a gondola on the sixteenth floor of Maybank Tower at Battery Road.
Eye witnesses said two men in yellow raincoats were seen stuck on the gondola in the heavy rain.
The Singapore Cvil Defence Force say they received a call at about 4pm and arrived at the scene in about ten minutes.
Currently, there are two firebikes, one fire engine, one red rhino, one
ambulance on stand-by and three support vehicles at the scene.
SCDF said it is still in the midst of its rescue mission.
-- 938Live
A SCDF statement released at 8:45pm today reads:
"At 14:03pm, SCDF
received a call from a member of public informing that a gondola was
stuck from height of the building at 2 Battery Road.
"SCDF resources were dispatched and arrived at site within seven minutes.
"Upon
arrival, the crew found that a gondola was hanging at an angle at the
16th floor of the building. Two Chinese men were in the gondola.
"SCDF rescuers first secured the two subjects, as well as the gondola, with safety lines.
"The contractor, who maintains the gondola, was called in to assess if the gondola could be lowered safely to the ground.
"Upon
confirmation that the fault could not be immediately rectified, three
DART rescuers rappelled down from the 17th floor to the gondola.
"Both subjects were rescued by DART rescuers by rappelling them down to the 15th floor.
"The subjects were assessed by the paramedic at site and were not conveyed to hospital".