Elderly man dashes back to Woodlands flat on fire to save wife and cat


Abd Hamzah Midi and his wife, Siti Aminah Khamis, escaped from the burning flat together. - FELINE LIM, NUR SYUHRAH HASSAN/BERITA HARIAN

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Despite having difficulty walking, Abd Hamzah Midi, 61, did not hesitate to rush back into his one-room rental flat to save his wife when a fire broke out in the unit at Block 806 Woodlands Street 81 in the early hours of Monday (Dec 19) morning.

His wife, Madam Siti Aminah Khamis, was in the kitchen with their cat then, while he was in the corridor on the fifth floor, outside their unit.

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