3 migrant workers die after 10 injured in Tuas industrial building blast

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Singapore – Three of the 10 workers injured in an explosion at an industrial building in Tuas on Wednesday (Feb 24) died on Thursday.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to a fire at No. 32E Tuas Avenue 11 at around 11:25 am on Wednesday.

About 65 individuals from neighbouring units were evacuated before the SCDF arrived. Eight workers with burn injuries were conveyed to the Singapore General Hospital while another two were taken to the Ng Teng Fong General Hospital by their employer.

Officers discovered the fire involved an industrial mixer in the affected unit. Investigations are ongoing as to the cause of the fire.

The Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC) took to Facebook on Thursday (Feb 25) to provide an update on the incident. It has contacted the two employers whose migrant workers were involved in the incident.

One employer informed the MWC that two of their workers sustained only minor injuries.

Another employer told the MWC that eight of their injured workers were receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Three of them later succumbed to their injuries, said the MWC>

“As a result of the incident, the on-site accommodation for these migrant workers is no longer safe, and we have availed our emergency housing support to the employers if they are unable to relocate their workers within such a short period of time,” said the MWC.

The workers were visited by MWC Executive Director Bernard Menon, together with NTUC Assistant Secretary-General Melvin Yong and Building Construction and Timber Industries Employees Union (BATU) Executive Secretary Zainal Sapari, the MWC said in another Facebook post on Thursday evening.

“Apart from updating them on the medical conditions of their fellow co-workers, we also took the opportunity to provide them with some essential items and daily necessities, seeing how their personal belongings might have been destroyed in the fire.”

The workers were assured that the MWC and BATU would continue providing them with the necessary support. With the help of HealthServe, counselling services would be extended to the affected workers as needed.

“In the interim, we have put together a token sum for the deceased’s family. Where necessary, the MWC will also help to supplement this token to ensure that the needs of the families are met as they await compensation from WICA (Work Injury Compensation Act),” said the MWC.

“We understand that burn victims often go through a long recovery process. The MWC and BATU stand ready to support the five injured workers through the recovery process and ensure that they are able to get back up on their feet.”

The MWC, a non-governmental organisation, is is a bipartite initiative of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and the Singapore National Employers’ Federation (SNEF). /TISG

大士工业厂房爆炸造成10人受伤，导致3名农民工死亡

新加坡–周三（2月24日）大士工厂厂房爆炸中受伤的10名工人中有3名周四死亡。

新加坡民防部队（SCDF）在星期三上午11:25左右对大士大街11号32E号发生了火灾。

在SCDF到达之前，约有65个人从邻近单位撤离。八名烧伤工人被送往新加坡总医院，另两名被雇主带到伍腾芳总医院。

警员发现大火涉及受影响单位的一台工业搅拌机。有关起火原因的调查正在进行中。

移民工人中心（MWC）于周四（2月25日）访问了Facebook，以提供有关此事件的最新消息。它已与移民工人卷入事件的两名雇主取得了联系。

一位雇主告知MWC，他们的两名工人仅受到轻伤。

另一位雇主告诉MWC，他们有八名受伤的工人正在加护病房接受治疗。

MWC说，他们中的三人后来屈服于伤亡>

“由于这一事件，这些移民工人的现场住宿不再安全，如果雇主在短时间内无法安置他们，我们已经向雇主提供了紧急住房支持，” MWC说。

MWC在周四晚间的另一篇Facebook帖子中表示，MWC执行董事伯纳德·梅农（Bernard Menon），职总工会助理秘书长梅尔文·永（Melvin Yong）和建筑施工与木材工业雇员工会（BATU）执行秘书扎纳尔·萨帕里（Zainal Sapari）一起拜访了工人。

“除了为他们的同事的医疗状况提供最新信息外，我们还借此机会向他们提供了一些必需品和生活必需品，看看他们的个人物品可能在大火中被摧毁了。”