9 sent to hospital after early-morning fire at Hillview Green
SINGAPORE: There was a fire that broke out on the seventh floor at Hillview Green condominium on Saturday morning (Apr 30), resulting in nine people sent to hospital for burns and smoke inhalation.
According to the Singapore Civil Defence Force, it was alerted to the fire around 5.35am at 69 Hume Avenue and it despatched two fire engines, a Red Rhino, two support vehicles and five ambulances. Fire involved the contents of the living room, and they rescued seven occupants from their bedrooms, it added.
Three occupants had made their way out of the unit before SCDF arrived, and nine were sent to hospital. An elderly man and woman were sent to Singapore General Hospital for burn injuries.
Another three adults and two children were sent to National University Hospital for smoke inhalation while two other adults were sent to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital for the same reason. One occupant refused to be sent to hospital, SCDF added.
The cause of the fire is being investigated, it added.
- CNA/kk