Five die after car slams into Tanjong Pagar shophouse in S'pore, fire breaks out

ST understands that the five who died were in the car when the accident happened. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Feb 13 (The Straits Times/ANN): Five people have died and one was sent to Singapore General Hospital after a car slammed into the front of a shophouse on Saturday (Feb 13) morning.

In a statement to The Straits Times, the SCDF said it was alerted to a fire at 37 Tanjong Pagar Rd at about 5.40am.