Singapore News - Two toddlers were rescued from a burning Housing Board flat in Marsiling on Wednesday (June 22) night. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post on Thursday that it was alerted to the fire at Block 218 Marsiling Crescent around 10.40pm. SCDF. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Singapore News - Thirty-two digital display panels installed at HDB lift lobbies in the Woodgrove estate in Woodlands were found vandalised on Thursday (March 24). A police report has been lodged and the authorities are investigating the matter, working closely with the panels' operator. Read more at www.tnp.sg
The Straits Times
Woman dies after being trapped under fallen tree
People at the park tried to lift the tree off her but failed; cutting equipment used to extricate her
Eyewitnesses said they heard a loud crack just before the 20m-tall Araucaria excelsa tree, which had a girth of 1.3m, fell yesterday morning at Marsiling Park, pinning Ms Loke Xiao Li, 38, under it. About 10 people at the park tried to lift the tree but were unsuccessful. Part of the tree fell into the lake. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
Ms Loke s body being carried out of the park. Singapore Civil Defence Force officers used cutting equipment to extricate her after she was trapped under the tree, but she was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic.ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO