An off-duty firefighter has been missing since Friday (April 14) in Pulau Ubin. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call at 2.10am on Saturday for water rescue assistance at Kekek Quarry. The SCDF said there was no sign of the missing man – a full-time national serviceman at Tampines Fire Station – when its officers arrived...
The SCDF said there was no sign of the missing man when its officers arrived at the quarry in the northern part of the island.The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a call at 2.10am on Saturday for water rescue assistance at Kekek Quarry.
A resident of the island, Mr Wang, 65, told Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao on Saturday that he saw a friend of the missing man seeking assistance at about 7pm on Friday in the vicinity of the quarry. According to Mr Wang, it was raining on the island from 5pm to 7pm on Friday and there were pythons and crocodiles in the lake, which can be as deep as 40m.
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