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Title : One worker dies following fire at Kreuz Shipyard
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Date : 09 June 2008 1728 hrs (SST)
URL : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/352933/1/.html

SINGAPORE: A shipyard worker, who suffered 90 percent burns in a fire, died at 6am on Monday at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH).

The worker was one of 15 men injured when a fire broke out on board the "Rainbow Star" at Kreuz Shipyard, Tuas Crescent, on Sunday morning.

The other 14 victims have been treated for burns and smoke inhalation. Of these, five are still warded at SGH.

Three are in critical condition and being treated in the Intensive Care Unit, while the other two are in a stable condition.

One is being treated at the High Dependency Unit and the other is at a general ward and may be discharged in the next few days.


- CNA/so



Vessel catches fire at shipyard in Tuas, 15 injured


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