Australian girl, 10, dies after fire in children’s cooking school in Singapore

Singapore Civil Defence Force arrived to find several people hanging on a ledge on the third floor as blaze ragedGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA 10-year-old Australian girl is dead and more than 20 other people are injured after a raging fire tore through a cooking school.Sixteen children and six adults were rushed to hospital, where a 10-year-old girl died, after a fire at the Tomato Cooking school in Singapore, according to local media.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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