Two Bangladeshi workers along with their Indian supervisor died from burn injuries sustained in an explosion at an industrial building in Singapore’s Tuas area last Wednesday, reports The Strait Times.
During the explosion, five other workers were critically injured.
In a statement posted on Facebook yesterday, non-profit organisation ItsRainingRaincoats (IRR), which focuses on migrant worker issues, shared an update on the two workers from Bangladesh.
The deceased were identified as Md Anisuzzaman alias Ani, 29 and Md Sohel, 23, both hailed from Bangladesh and Marimuthu, 38, who was from India.
Ten workers suffered burn injuries in the fire at No. 32E Tuas Avenue 11 on February 24. Two were taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) by their employer while the Singapore Civil Defence Force rushed eight workers to Singapore General Hospital (SGH) for burn injuries.
Of these eight workers, three have died of their injuries.
An online drive by ItsRainingRaincoats has as of Tuesday (Mar 2) afternoon raised nearly S$400,000 for the workers, surpassing its goal of S$300,000. The campaign hosted on GIVE.asia will end at 12pm on Wednesday, reports Channel News Asia.
ItsRainingRaincoats said donations will be "equally distributed" among the eight victims.
Funds will be held by GIVE.asia and disbursed by the platform to the victims’ immediate family members' accounts.
The group will also get in touch with local representatives in the victims' home countries to administer the donations, it said.
