Bukit Panjang flat fire: 77-year-old woman dies in hospital武吉班让平火：77岁妇女在医院死亡
A 77-year-old woman who was taken to Woodlands Hospital after a fire broke out in a Bukit Panjang flat on Sept 28 has died, the police told AsiaOne."She was conveyed unconscious to the hospital where she subsequently passed away," the police said in an updated statement on Wednesday (Sept 30).The fire, which involved items in the living room of a...
A 77-year-old woman who was taken to Woodlands Hospital after a fire broke out in a Bukit Panjang flat on Sept 28 has died, the police told AsiaOne.
"She was conveyed unconscious to the hospital where she subsequently passed away," the police said in an updated statement on Wednesday (Sept 30).
The fire, which involved items in the living room of a sixth-floor unit at Block 126 Pending Road, was reported at about 3pm on Monday.
Firefighters found the elderly woman unconscious in the living room.
An Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedic and emergency medical technicians performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on her before taking her to the hospital.
Another person, a 62-year-old man from a neighbouring unit, was taken separately to the Singapore General Hospital for smoke inhalation.
About 70 people from the affected block were evacuated as a precaution.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The 77-year-old's death is the latest in a series of recent residential fires involving elderly persons.
On Sept 1, a 68-year-old man died after a fire broke out in a Lorong Lew Lian flat .
Last month, a fire in a Jurong East flat left a 67-year-old man dead, while an 88-year-old man died in hospital following a fire in an HDB flat in Race Course Road .
Last year, a total of 1,051 of 2,050 fire calls involved residential premises.
According to SCDF's Emergency Medical Services, Fire and Enforcement Statistics 2025 report, unattended cooking and electrical-related incidents remained the two leading causes of residential fires.
警方告诉AsiaOne，9月28日武吉班让一间组屋发生火灾后，一名77岁的老妇被送往兀兰医院，但最终不治身亡。
警方在周三（9月30日）发布的最新声明中表示：“她被送往医院时已失去意识，随后在医院去世。”
周一下午3点左右，位于彭定路126座六楼的一间公寓发生火灾，起火物品位于客厅内。
消防员在客厅里发现这位老妇人昏迷不醒。
新加坡民防部队 (SCDF) 的一名医护人员和一名紧急医疗技术人员对她进行了心肺复苏，然后将她送往医院。
另一名来自隔壁单元的 62 岁男子因吸入浓烟被单独送往新加坡中央医院。
为安全起见，受影响街区的约 70 人被疏散。
火灾原因仍在调查中。
这位77岁老人的死亡是近期一系列涉及老年人的住宅火灾中的最新一起。
9月1日，一名68岁男子在罗弄刘莲组屋发生火灾后身亡。
上个月，裕廊东一间组屋发生火灾，导致一名 67 岁男子死亡；另有一名 88 岁男子在跑马场路一间组屋发生火灾后送医不治身亡。
去年，2050起火灾报警中共有1051起涉及住宅场所。
根据新加坡民防部队发布的《2025 年紧急医疗服务、消防和执法统计报告》，无人照看的烹饪和电气相关事故仍然是住宅火灾的两大主要原因。