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Fire believed to have started in automatic mahjong table in an HDB unit; father unable to rescue trapped children
Summary by The Singapore Editorial Desk Aiah Bathan , as published by The Independent Singapore
· September 25, 2026
· 1 min read
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A father rushed home after learning his two children were trapped inside the burning flat, but said the fire was too intense for him to enter before SCDF arrived.
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