SINGAPORE - One person died in a fire that broke out outside a Housing Board flat in Potong Pasir on Aug 28.
At about 10am, when The Straits Times arrived, at least three police cars and one police van were parked at the carpark near the block.
In response to queries, a spokesperson for the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at about 6.45am in Block 107 Potong Pasir Avenue 1.
Passers-by helped to put out the blaze with a fire extinguisher before SCDF firefighters arrived, the spokesperson added.
An SCDF paramedic found one person dead at the location.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The Straits Times has contacted police for more information.
A few police officers were standing outside the flat, before white sheets were put up along the corridor.
Chinese-daily Lianhe Zaobao reported that a charred male body was found outside the unit on the eighth floor.
A neighbour said she woke up when she heard screams at about 6am, and it sounded like the person was in severe pain, but she did not hear the person shouting for help, the Zaobao report said.
She said: “My room is close to the corridor, so I could hear it clearly. I thought it was a funeral on the ground floor of the HDB flat, and someone was crying out of grief,” the report added.
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