'Their hoarding almost cost a life. I hope the cardiac arrest patient pulls through. If not, let's hope the four units can sleep in peace.'
Clutter is not only a fire hazard, but can also hamper life-saving efforts in times of emergency, as witnessed by a Boon Lay resident recently., who lives at Block 188 Boon Lay Drive, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force faced difficulties trying to reach an elderly resident on the 10th floor on Tuesday afternoon .Ho, a Community First Responder , was alerted to the cardiac arrest case at around 12.30pm.
"One woman started to quarrel with the Town Council officer and public rescuers. She shouted that we should have knocked on her door to inform her first before touching her things. She also said her next-door neighbour had placed more items than her and that she needed to put her shoe rack and child's bicycle outside.
"This is a rental block and it's been like that since they moved in, but they are getting from bad to worst," the Stomper added.
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