'I lost everything': Housewife regrets not buying fire insurance

Madam Norizan Abuhassan in her temporary accommodation in Ang Mo Kio. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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SINGAPORE - To escape an electrical fire that engulfed her second-storey Housing Board flat, Madam Norizan Abuhassan, 42, her husband and son jumped from her window.

The fire, which occurred on Feb 28 last year, destroyed the two-room flat in Block 22 Jalan Tenteram, in Whampoa, and personal belongings worth $6,000.

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