Residents rush to help when they learn of toddlers in burning Marsiling flat


Former firefighter Muhammad Firdaus Aziz (left) was determined to save his friend's children. - FELINE LIM, SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS READER

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): When he heard from a neighbour that a fire had broken out at his block in Marsiling Crescent, former firefighter Muhammad Firdaus Aziz's first instinct was to check if anyone needed help.

"I told my neighbour to take care of my children, and I ran from the sixth storey, where I live, all the way to the second storey, where the fire was," said Firdaus, who has three children aged between three and six. His wife was at work when the fire occurred.

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