Henderson Highway blaze which led to firefighter’s dying seemingly {of electrical} origin: SCDF

SINGAPORE – The blaze in the flat at Block 91 Henderson Road which led to the dying of firefighter Edward H. Go was seemingly {of electrical} origin and began within the bed room, in keeping with preliminary investigations, stated the Singapore Civil Defence Power (SCDF) on Saturday.

Corporal Go died on Thursday after combating the fireplace within the two-room unit.

The SCDF was alerted to the fireplace at about 11.10am. When its personnel arrived on the scene, the blaze was raging contained in the fourth-floor unit of the block in Bukit Merah, and the hall was stuffed with smoke.

Firefighters, donning respiration equipment, needed to pressure their manner into the flat. 

The SCDF stated Cpl Go fell unconscious within the kitchen space.

His crew took him out of the unit and tried to resuscitate him earlier than he was taken to Singapore Common Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless.

He’s the primary individual from the SCDF to have died throughout an operation.

Cpl Go’s wake is predicted to be held from Sunday, with the funeral going down on Tuesday.