Mr Tan lives with his wife, three children, maid and dog. He and his wife are both unemployed.
His wife was alone at home when the fire broke out, while the maid was out walking the dog.
He said the fire started from the kitchen, and his wife did not know about it until she was informed by a neighbour, who knocked on her door.
Mr Tan’s wife then quickly rang him before rushing to the ninth floor to ask a neighbour for help to call SCDF.
“I can see she was quite stable, but mentally she wasn’t very stable,” he said, adding that his wife was in tears.
Once Mr Tan’s wife and maid were taken to the hospital, he went to pick his three children from school.
He said that his 10-year-old daughter is still “too young” to grasp the severity of the situation, but his 13-year-old son burst into tears when told that his mother was in the hospital.
When asked if faulty wiring could have caused the fire, Mr Tan told CNA that they had just renovated the house when the family moved in three years ago.
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His wife was alone at home when the fire broke out, while the maid was out walking the dog.
He said the fire started from the kitchen, and his wife did not know about it until she was informed by a neighbour, who knocked on her door.
Mr Tan’s wife then quickly rang him before rushing to the ninth floor to ask a neighbour for help to call SCDF.
“I can see she was quite stable, but mentally she wasn’t very stable,” he said, adding that his wife was in tears.
Once Mr Tan’s wife and maid were taken to the hospital, he went to pick his three children from school.
He said that his 10-year-old daughter is still “too young” to grasp the severity of the situation, but his 13-year-old son burst into tears when told that his mother was in the hospital.
When asked if faulty wiring could have caused the fire, Mr Tan told CNA that they had just renovated the house when the family moved in three years ago.
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