Mr Lo recalled seeing four adults inside the shophouse, whom he described as teachers, bringing children to the window and carrying them onto the ledge to get them away from the blaze.
“They only thought of the children first before their own safety,” he said, calling them “responsible”.
The children on the ledge were “shivering” and “wanted to jump” from the ledge, and the community responders shouted at them to stop, said Mr Lo.
Mr Lo was a “gentleman” who held the scaffolding steady with one hand while carrying the kids down to safety with his other hand, said construction worker Shakil Mohammad
Mr Shakil, 35, was among those who helped to carry the children down from the ledge as they tried to stay safe from the fire.
He initially tried to go up to the third storey of the building but could not make it past the blaze on the second floor, and went outside to help.
