Child dies in Singapore shophouse fire, 18 injured (update)

People sitting on the building’s ledge, waiting to be rescued. - COURTESY OF ESTINE MORRIS-BULLOCK

SINGAPORE: One child has died and 18 people have been injured after a fire broke out at a shophouse in River Valley Road on Tuesday (April 8) morning.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a statement on Facebook that it was alerted to a fire at 278 River Valley Road at about 9.45am.

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