Burnt lifts a bane for aged folks


Contract worker C. Arumugam in crutches climbing down the stairs from his unit at 14th floor of Block C, Rifle Range Flats. starpic by GOH GAIK LEE/The Star/12 Dec 2017.

GEORGE TOWN: Many senior citizens and the sickly are among hundreds of residents who have been confined to their homes ever since fire destroyed the three lifts serving their 17-storey high-rise block of flats in Rifle Range here.

Most of them face difficulties obtaining daily essentials such as fresh produce, food and medical attention for the ailing ones.

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