Deaths of three in Bedok North fire, including 3-year-old girl, ruled a misadventure

The fire had raged through a flat in Block 409 Bedok North Avenue 2 on May 13, 2022, where five people were living.- LEE MEI MEI, SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE: An early morning fire in 2022 in a Bedok North flat that took the lives of three people was caused by a cigarette that had been left unattended for 10 to 15 minutes.

Its hot ash and embers likely ignited the cardboard boxes it had been left on, which started a fire on May 13, 2022, that raged through a flat in Block 409 Bedok North Avenue 2, where five people were living.