Australian Girl Dies After Fire In Kids' Cooking School

A 10-year-old Australian woman is dormant and much than 20 different group are injured aft a raging occurrence tore done a cooking school.

Sixteen children and six adults were rushed to hospital, wherever a 10-year-old woman died, pursuing a occurrence astatine nan Tomato Cooking School successful Singapore, according to section media.

The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed it is providing consular assistance to nan family of an Australian who died successful Singapore.

"We nonstop our deepest condolences to nan family astatine this difficult time," a spokeswoman said successful a statement.

"Owing to our privateness obligations we are incapable to supply further comment."

The blaze connected nan 2nd and 3rd floors of nan three-storey building which houses nan cooking schoolhouse was raging erstwhile authorities were alerted connected Wednesday morning.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force arrived to find respective group hanging connected a ledge connected nan third-floor.

"Members of nan public, including building workers, utilized a metallic scaffolding and a ladder to scope those stranded and brought a number of them to safety," it said connected Facebook.

The defence unit rescued nan remaining group stuck connected nan third-floor ledge arsenic firefighters fought nan flames, bringing them nether power wrong 30 minutes.

About 80 group from nan affected shophouse and adjacent buildings were evacuated, nan defence unit said.

Tomato Cooking School, which runs cooking lessons and camps for children, said it was profoundly saddened and shocked by nan occurrence that occurred astatine nan shophouse.

"We cannot definitive our sadness successful words for nan affected families and what they are going through," it said successful a connection connected Facebook.

"At this moment, our privilege remains nan information and well-being of everyone involved. We will proceed to activity intimately pinch nan authorities and will supply updates erstwhile appropriate."

The Singapore Civil Defence Force, which is starring nan investigation into nan blaze, said preliminary findings indicated nan occurrence apt started successful a retention area connected nan second-storey of nan shophouse.

"Preliminary investigations besides recovered occurrence information non-compliances, including unauthorised useful involving nan erection of partitions wrong nan premises," it said.

The investigation is ongoing.