Rescue incident involving seven persons from HDB unit
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Monday, 21 March 2011
Rescue involving seven persons from HDB unitAt 0802 hrs, SCDF received a call for assistance at Blk 706 Clementi West Street 2.
SCDF resources which included 2 Fire Engines, 2 Fire Bikes, 1 Red Rhino, 1 Ambulance and 2 Support Vehicles were immediately dispatched to the incident location.
Upon arrival, the crew set up a lifepak and rescue nets as a precautionary measure. SCDF rescued a total of seven persons (4 Malay [2 female; 2 male], 2 Bangladeshis and 1 Iranian) from three different bedrooms of the unit.
Amongst those rescued was a Malay boy about 3 years old, who was secured with a safety harness and was brought to safety by a DART rescuer who rappelled down with him. SCDF crew pitched ladders at the front and rear bedrooms and assisted the people to descend to safety.
No one was injured in this incident.
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Wonder what happened to the unit. Stomp repeated this family seeking help because theres somebody in the house with the parang trying to attack their family.
Man allegedly threatens 7 with parang: SCDF rescues them from flat
Seven people, including a 3-year-old boy, were rescued by the SCDF from a flat in Clementi this morning (Mar 21). They were believed to be threatened by a man who was wielding a parang.
It is said that the man has been jobless for a long time and is apparently facing financial difficulties.
The SCDF described their rescue efforts in a statement issued today:
"On 21 March 2011 at 8.02am, the SCDF were alerted to an incident at Blk 706 Clementi West Street 2.
"Upon arrival, the crew set up a lifepak and rescue nets as a precautionary measure.
"SCDF rescued a total of seven persons from three different bedrooms of the unit.
"Amongst those rescued was a boy about 3 years old, who was secured with a safety harness and was brought to safety by a DART rescuer who rappelled down with him.
"SCDF crew pitched ladders at the front and rear bedrooms and assisted the people to descend to safety.
"No one was injured in this incident."
Source:
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/583922/man_allegedly_threatens_7_with_parang_scdf_rescues.html -
So DRAMA! better than what is showing on Channel 8.
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Originally posted by princessdiana:
So DRAMA! better than what is showing on Channel 8.
paint drying is better than what's showing on Channel 8
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Posted on 22 Mar 2011
Dagger-wielding man refuses to let wife and kids leave flat
In the early morning yesterday (Mar 21), a man wielding a keris, or dagger, sat on a chair in front of the grille gate of his Clementi flat and refused to let his wife send their children to school. The family and tenants living in the flat were eventually evacuated by the SCDF through the bedroom windows.
She tried to persuade him to out down the dagger, to no avail. As he pointed the weapon at them, he shouted: "No going out! Cannot go out!"
The drama was first reported in STOMP last night.
According to The New Paper report today (Mar 22), the wife, 40, told reporters that her 45-year-old jobless husband had been speaking incoherently since the night before, and that he was stressed out because he had to go to court to face a charge the next day. Her husband has been in and out of jail for drug offences and petty crime.
The frightened woman then called her mother, and before long, about 20 police officers arrived at the fourth-storey flat at about 7.45am.
When he saw the police officers, the man got more aggressive.
Through a phonecall, the police instructed her to take her kids into another bedroom and lock themselves in there.
SCDF officers helped the wife, her three children and three tenants (two Bangladeshis and an Iranian student) escape on ladders placed at the front and rear bedrooms.
Five hours into the standoff, police eventually decided to cut the metal front gate of the unit to arrest the man, after he refused to give up.
The wife told The New Paper that her husband of 16 years, who used to be a loving husband and doting father, had changed for the worse after he quit his job at the Turf Club.
The wife has since become the sole breadwinner of the family.
Source:
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/584030/keriswielding_man_refuses_to_let_wife_and_kids_leave_flat.html -
drugs ruin his life
quit it