3 oppie dogs dead, but gods survived! It's a miracle from God! PAP! PAP!
SINGAPORE - A massive fire that broke out at the Sembawang God of Wealth Temple on Friday night (Sept 18)
killed three of the seven dogs that lived on the premises but left the statues of various deities intact.
A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman told The Straits Times on Saturday (Sept 19) that
firefighters found three dog carcasses during their night operations.
It took firefighters about three hours, from 9.15pm to midnight, to extinguish the fire. They then continued to spray water on the burnt surfaces for several hours to prevent the fire from rekindling, a process known as damping down.
Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung and Dr Lim Wee Kiak, both MPs for Sembawang GRC, visited the temple on Saturday.
Mr Ong said in an Instagram post later that the temple had kept seven dogs and three of them died in the fire.
He said the damage was extensive but nobody was injured. The statues of all the deities were also "miraculously" intact, he added.
Dr Lim shared photos of the temple's interior on Facebook after the visit, noting that the damage to the first and second floors of the four-storey temple was obvious when compared with photos taken during Chinese New Year.
"What was really surprising was the five statues of the God of Wealth in the main prayer hall were relatively undamaged by the fire," Dr Lim added.
"Kudos to the 12 fire engines and 62 SCDF fire fighters who put out the fire amidst strong winds last night."
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