Block HDB tiles dislodge and crush five floors lower with "explosive" sound

Some tiles from outside an HDB block in Hougang dislodged and crashed five floors lower with a loud "explosion" sound, according to a witness who was nearby. The incident occurred yesterday during a heavy shower at about 7:40 pm at Block 462 Hougang Avenue 10.

The witness, Tay online dance teacher, told reporters that She practiced dancing online with a student on the deck of the building. the tiles detached from the outside of the fifth floor of the building and fell with a loud noise. Tay said:

"I thought someone had thrown something in. We went to take a look, I realized that some tiles had fallen off the wall." debris all over the ground.Some pieces also fell into the empty bridge. "

Tay, who called her husband to the spot where he alerted the Aljunied-Hougang City Council, revealed that the tiles broke into several pieces after being crushed on the ground. She added, "My husband and I stayed there waiting for help to arrive. We wanted to warn the residents because there was debris in the empty deck and that they could hurt someone.

Shortly after, at around 20:20, a worker arrived and cordoned off the area after inspecting the damage and taking a picture of the damage and debris.

Before Tay and her husband left at about 8:40 pm, the worker reportedly told her that the debris would be removed by Monday next. Tay said that her husband had asked the worker to remove the debris as soon as possible because the residents could be injured by the broken and sharp tiles.

Just last week, a decorative panel fell 40 floors from an HDB block to Bendemeer Road and landed with a "loud crash" next to a playground. This is not the first incident of falling blocks HDB

In September 2016, a concrete slab was dislodged from block 201E in Tampines while a pavement panel broke block 51, Circuit Road less than a month later. A month later, a plaster slab fell 12 floors into a HDB block at Hougang

Then, in April 2017, two aluminum panels fell from an HDB block on Indus Road. In the most recent case prior to the Bendemeer Road incident, a piece of liner fell from Block 270 into the town of Pasir Ris with a sound similar to a "very loud thunder", according to a resident [19659002] The Pasir Ris Coating Incident

The panel that fell 40 floors from the HDB block is one of several incidents of falling rooms falling apart and endangering the public