Her partner and son climbed out of the window and stood on a ledge, but she collapsed in the kitchen. Read more at straitstimes.com.
In giving his findings on Wednesday, State Coroner Adam Nakhoda said Madam Goh Seow Whay was a rag-and-bone collector and was known to hoard discarded items outside and inside her unit on the 13th storey of Block 210A Bukit Batok Street 21.
This led to disputes between Madam Goh and her neighbours, which involved threats, shouting and in several cases, the police being called. Witness how SCDF emergency responders deployed the Combined Platform Ladder 60m to rescue two men from a ledge on the 13th floor. SCDF officers managed to get to the hose after cutting the padlock. One of them turned on a valve linked to the hose, but there was no water.
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