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Pages in category "Man-made disasters in Singapore" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... 1972 Robinsons department store fire; H. Collapse ...
The commission report was presented to President Sheares in August 1973, and released to the public on 1 December 1973. The report revealed insufficient fire protection practices and large quantities of flammable items stores in unapproved loft stores in the Robinsons department store. These items allowed the fire to intensify into an inferno. [4]
The scale of the disaster made this conflagration the worst in Singapore's history. [1] The blaze also had a significant social impact. Of the victims of the fire, over half were younger than 15 years of age. [21] The Nanyang Siang Pau even commented that "The word 'homeless' is inadequate to describe the seriousness of this fire disaster". [21]
Hotel New World, officially called the Lian Yak Building (Chinese: 联益大厦), [4] was completed in 1971 and consisted of six storeys and a basement garage. [2]The Hotel New World, previously known as the New Serangoon Hotel until 1984, was the main tenant occupying the top four floors, [5] and a branch of the Industrial & Commercial Bank (which merged with United Overseas Bank in 1987 ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding in waters near Singapore, the world's biggest refuelling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and ...
Interim Report on The Incident at the MRT Circle Line Worksite That Led to the Collapse of the Nicoll Highway on 20 April 2004 (PDF) (Report). Singapore: Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts. 13 September 2004. 2004091398-MOM – via National Archives of Singapore. Whittle, Andrew J.; Davies, R.V. (30 June 2006).
The Spyros disaster was a major industrial disaster that occurred in Singapore on 12 October 1978, where the Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jurong Shipyard, killing 76 people and injuring 69 others. It remains the worst accident, in terms of lives lost, in Singapore's post-war history. It is also Singapore's worst industrial accident. [1]