Arm gets stuck in drain pipe at Taman Jurong flat, SCDF cuts pipe from unit below

Person’s arm stuck in Taman Jurong drain pipe for 2 hours before rescue

In an unusual rescue incident in Singapore, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) sprang into action after a person got their arm stuck in a drain pipe.

During the operation, rescuers had to cut the pipe from the unit below the affected flat in Taman Jurong, SCDF said in a Facebook post on Thursday (27 Nov) night.

Entire left arm stuck in drain pipe at Taman Jurong flat

SCDF received a call for assistance at about 1.35pm on Thursday, it said.

Firefighters from Jurong Fire Station and rescuers from the elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) responded to the incident at Block 338A Tah Ching Road.

When they arrived, they found a person’s entire left arm trapped in a drain pipe under the kitchen sink.

Rescuers remove sink, counter and cut pipe

Rescuers first had to create sufficient working space for the operation in the affected unit.

This involved removing the kitchen sink and the cabinet that housed the drain pipe.

A photo showed that the operation completely demolished the entire sink counter.

Another team went to the unit below the affected flat to cut out a segment of the drain pipe.

They did this so that the rescuers could see precisely how the arm was stuck.

They could then decide how to free the arm by carefully manoeuvring the limb.

A photo showed that they had carved out about half of the pipe.

Person extricated after 2 hours, sent to hospital

Finally, rescuers used a lubricant to ease the arm out of the drain pipe.

They extricated the person. The individual remained stuck for two hours.

They were conscious throughout the rescue operation.

An Ng Teng Fong General Hospital medical team, which was on-site, rendered medical support to the person, including applying an intravenous drip.

SCDF said it conveyed them to the National University Hospital.

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Featured image adapted from Singapore Civil Defence Force on Facebook.