Full-time national serviceman Edward H Go died after falling unconscious while fighting the Henderson Road fire on Dec 8.
was blocked by a funeral wake tent, leading to a delay in firefighters' response to the blaze.
He was the first firefighter to have lost his life during an operation by the Singapore Civil Defence Force . "The officers removed the bollards that were padlocked to the ground near the tentage to create an access path. This delayed their arrival by 18 minutes," he told the House.
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