KHAW AH CHEW AND FAMILY TRYING TO SALVAGE WHATEVER THEY COULD FROM THEIR GUTTED FLAT AT BLOCK 44, LORONG 5, TOA PAYOH. SEVEN CHILDREN AND A HOUSEWIFE WERE RESCUED BY FIREMEN FROM A FIRE WHICH TRAPPED THEM IN THEIR ADJOINING HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD (HDB) FLATS. NTE THE BARE BRICK WALL, WHICH WAS STRIPPED OF PLASTER BY THE INTENSE HEAT FROM THE FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED FROM KHAW'S FLAT BEFORE SPREADING TO THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED
06/09/1973
PCD0487 - 0078
SPH/2005/034408/29
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