The married couple and their teenage daughter lived in a five-room flat on the third floor of Block 971 Hougang Street 91. At about 12.40pm on Jan 9, a fire broke out at the unit, killing three people. The occupants of the flat were Mr Lee Choon Geak, 62, his wife...
An SCDF firefighter at a flat in Block 971 Hougang Street 91 on Jan 10, a day after a fire broke out at the unit.The fire broke out at the flat on the third floor of Block 971 Hougang Street 91 on Jan 9.The married couple and their teenage daughter lived in a five-room flat on the third floor of Block 971 Hougang Street 91.The occupants of the flat were Mr Lee Choon Geak, 62, his wife Ms Seow Siew Choo, 56, and their teenage daughter.
Another neighbour on the same floor, who did not want to be identified, said the couple often brought home carton boxes and flower pots, and kept an assortment of pets. In their initial Facebook post at about 2.15pm, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said there were no reported injuries in the fire. It was only at about 4.30pm that SCDF issued an update saying two victims were found inside a bedroom in the unit and pronounced dead at the scene.But at around 9.30pm, they issued yet another update, saying they found a third body in the bedroom.
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