Contractor issued summons for erecting tent that delayed SCDF’s arrival to Henderson Street blaze

In keeping with Chinese language every day Lianhe Zaobao, the contractor, Tai Tiong (Crimson/White) Metallic Tents Centre, stated that the tent, measuring about 9.8m lengthy and about 5.5m broad, was constructed to rules.

The contractor added: “Tents are arrange for chanting and apply. We’ve all the time pitched tents in keeping with the prescribed measurement.”

The city council stated that its By-laws listing for widespread property and open areas “listing the foundations for the usage of widespread property”, saying that their officers “conduct common inspections on the bottom”.

“On this case, the tentage was put up on Dec 7 night and the hearth incident occurred on Dec 8 morning,” they added.

A spokesperson from the Affiliation of Funeral Administrators Singapore stated that HDB public areas are used for a lot of occasions, together with funeral wakes, weddings and grassroots occasions.

The apply of holding wakes on the void deck is a holdover from kampung days when family and friends lived in the identical village, he stated.

“The applicant to make use of widespread areas inside a precinct does have the duty to make sure that the occasion is carried out with minimal inconveniences and adjust to the phrases and situations set forth by the city council,” stated the spokesperson

“Funeral administrators are aware that funerals are carried out utilizing widespread areas they usually reiterate to the bereaved household the do’s and the don’ts on the usage of widespread areas.”

Sergeant 1 Go fell unconscious whereas preventing the hearth and died in hospital. He was the first firefighter to have misplaced his life throughout an operation by SCDF.