Four killed in Geylang shophouse fire

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Four people died and eight others were injured after a fire broke out at a shophouse in Lorong 4 Geylang, early Saturday morning (Dec 6).

Neighbours said the unit was used as a dormitory for foreign workers from different countries.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to the fire at Lorong 4 Geylang at about 1.40am.

The unit is believed to have been housing more people than allowed, and illegal partitions may have been added to create more rooms.

SCDF officers said the fire was located in the centre of the unit, and it was extinguished within 30 minutes.

Three people were found unconscious in one of the rooms. They were pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene. Nine others were sent to hospital, where one of them later died.

The Migrant Workers Centre said it will assist the next-of-kin of those who died, as well as the injured workers.

Additional: 4 Malaysians killed in Geylang hostel fire in Singapore
Four Malaysians, all working as cleaners, were killed in a fire at a workers hostel in Geylang, Singapore early Saturday.

Three of them - males aged between 37 and 50 - died at the scene while the fourth male was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital. They were believed to have suffocated.

They were identified as Jubitol Rumanjing, 37, Maslan Musundo, 43, Yusoff Masrong, 49, all from Sabah, and Ramu Kotiah, 50, said to be from Perak.