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The Singapore Civil Defence Force were alerted to the fire at Jalan Gaharu, located just off Dunearn Road and near the Pan Island Expressway, at 4.16am.
Investigations are ongoing.
The Straits Times understands that part of the house was used as a makeshift temple.
Retiree braves fire at Bukit Timah Taoist temple to save neighbours
It was 4.30am on Sunday and the temple at 40, Jalan Gaharu, near Bukit Timah Plaza, was on fire.
Ms Ng Suan Eng, 67, a retiree living just behind the temple, saw that several people had jumped from the roof of the burning temple onto her tiled roof.
With the help of her maid, Ms Ng braved the heat to prop a ladder against the temple to help her neighbours to safety.
Other neighbours helped to fight the blaze, which Singapore Civil Defence Force firefighters contained within 15 minutes.
But it was too late to save two men, believed to be a father and his son, 22.
Malaysian father and son burnt to death in house fire in Singapore
The bodies of two men, believed to be a Malaysian father and his son, were discovered by firefighters who put out a blaze at a terrace house in Bukit Timah on Sunday.
Neighbours said they were tenants of a room in the single-storey house and that the son was a 22-year-old permanent resident who was still serving his national service.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said three other occupants - a male and two female - were sent to the National University Hospital for smoke inhalation.
According to the neighbours, the house also served as a temple for devotees of the Taoist Goddess of Mercy Guan Yin who would go there to pray and consult with “shi fu” (Chinese for master), a woman who is in her sixties.
The Straits Times understands that this woman was one of the three admitted to NUH.
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