February 26, 2021
SINGAPORE (CNA) – Three of the 10 workers who suffered burns in a fire at an industrial building in Tuas have died, said Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Silas Sng yesterday.
Another five are in critical condition, while two workers have been discharged, added Sng.
Preliminary investigations have found that the accident at 32E Tuas Avenue 11 was caused by “a combustible dust explosion”, said Mr Sng, who is also Director of the Manpower Ministry’s Occupational Safety and Health Division.
The site of the fire at an industrial building in Tuas, Singapore. CNA
He added that the dust was in the form of potato starch powder, a material used for production by the company at the site, Stars Engrg.
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