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Up in flames: The high cost of residential fires
Trauma from blaze, financial cost in renovating flat, loss of valuables among woes homeowners face
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Ivan Kwee, Sherlyn Sim
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When Mr Lim Guo Liang heard about more cases of personal mobility devices (PMDs) posing a safety hazard two years ago, he immediately told his elder son to sell his PMD.
But the battery of the PMD burst into flames when it was being charged in their living room on July 3, 2019.