Person on 6th-floor ledge at Tampines HDB rescued by SCDF, air pack deployed

A person was rescued from a ledge outside the sixth-floor of Block 499C Tampines Avenue 4 on the morning of Jun. 7.

In response to queries from Mothership, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call for assistance at about 7:10am.

Person seen on ledge outside sixth-floor unit

A video of the incident, posted by SgfollowsAll on their telegram channel, showed a person seated on a ledge outside a residential unit.

In the video, the person could be heard saying: “I don't want anyone to come up.”

Firefighters and a police car could also be seen at the foot of the block.

The caption of the video claimed that the person was a young man in his 20s.

SCDF deployed safety life air pack

SCDF told Mothership that when its officers arrived, a person was seen standing on a ledge outside a unit on the sixth floor.

SCDF subsequently deployed a safety life air pack, while rescuers from the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) were also on standby as a precautionary measure.

SCDF confirmed that the person was eventually rescued from the ledge.

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