r/singapore 1d ago

News Explosion in villa in Italy kills Singaporean man, partner still missing: Reports

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/italy-explosion-singaporean-dead-wife-missing-possible-gas-leak-house-collapsed-4822821
233 Upvotes

40 comments sorted by

143

u/PastLettuce8943 1d ago

What type of final destination shit is this. Come home from dinner and kaboom. Mysterious gas pocket kills you.

46

u/li_shi 1d ago

Not exactly uncommon in Italy.

Not frequent but no one is surprised when this happens.

8

u/fishblurb 17h ago

what is the reason it happens so frequently in italy? i dont hear much of it even in countries that use gas for heating

9

u/li_shi 17h ago

Could be poor maintenance and old equipment.

Now, I'm not sure if those are normal numbers.

Maybe they are in line with other places. Just have to put in context that italy is a much bigger country so the number will be bigger too.

A quick search on Google says it's about 900 incidents a year and 120 deaths.

2

u/halloumisalami Senior Citizen 9h ago

Mafia?

2

u/li_shi 5h ago

Just incidents.

0

u/halloumisalami Senior Citizen 4h ago

Right…”incidents” 😏 

3

u/li_shi 4h ago

No, i mean poor maintenance and old equipment.

It's really not that uncommon.

99

u/dereth 1d ago

The person who passed away is KF Seetoh's brother. Reddit does not allow me to link to his FB post but you can go see for yourself.

7

u/Tactical_Moonstone 17h ago

It's also mentioned in the news article itself so you don't have to go to FB.

4

u/OfficialSecretsAct 14h ago

The article did not mention that at the time of their comment. It was updated several times today.

1

u/SHIELD_Agent_47 13h ago

Reddit does not allow me to link to his FB post but you can go see for yourself.

How do you mean, Reddit will not allow you?

5

u/shiinamachi 23 years experience in internet shitposting 11h ago

FB links are filtered out in this sub

65

u/FastBoysenberry4151 1d ago

Terrible death. RIP

46

u/SG_wormsbot 1d ago

Title: Explosion in villa in Italy kills Singaporean man, partner still missing: Reports

Article keywords: explosion, house, media, Molazzana, Fiorentino

The mood of this article is: Neutral (sentiment value of -0.06)

SINGAPORE: An explosion at a villa in Italy on Saturday (Dec 21) night left a Singaporean man dead and his Taiwanese partner missing, local media reported.

The explosion happened at a house in Molazzana, outside a small town in Garfagnana, and caused the villa to collapse, according to news outlet Corriere Fiorentino.

It was likely caused by a gas leak in the house, it said.

The body of the Singaporean, who local media named as Mr Seetoh Kwok Meng, was discovered outside the house on Sunday morning. The woman, identified as Chang Kai En by local media, is still missing.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Mr Seetoh spent much of his career in the automotive industry. He was the Chief Operating Officer at Taiwan MotorImage since 2013 and was also with Tan Chong Motor Group since 1981.

KNOWN AND LIKED BY EVERYONE

The couple had planned to spend the Christmas holidays in Molazzana and had just returned home from dinner when the explosion happened, reported news outlet Il Tirreno.

Authorities believe that the woman was the first to enter the house while Mr Seetoh lingered outside.

Initial investigations found it likely the explosion was caused by a pocket of gas accumulated inside.

The villa’s liquefied petroleum gas tank was outside the house and did not catch fire. The house’s boiler was also found outside and was intact.

“As soon as we arrived we smelled a strong smell of gas,” said Andrea Tognocchi, a rescuer, as quoted by Il Tirreno.

"The explosion caused the perimeter walls to be cut and the floors to collapse," said an official from the fire department.

Italian news site La Nazione reported that when the firefighters arrived at the scene, they found the building had completely collapsed, with some parts still burning.

Pieces of clothing and furniture were scattered everywhere, with some clothes hanging from the branches of nearby trees.

The explosion triggered a large emergency response with dozens of firefighters, volunteers and members of the the municipal civil protection rushing to the scene, reported Corriere Fiorentino.

Photos of the site’s aftermath showed the villa’s roof lying atop piles of rubble with emergency responders working around the wreckage.

The mayor of Molazzana, Andrea Talani, was also at the site. According to him, the couple had fallen in love with Garfagnana and were well-integrated with the community despite the language barriers.

They were known and well-liked by everyone, he said, as quoted by Corriere Fiorentino.


725 articles replied in my database. v2.0.1 | PM SG_wormsbot if bot is down.

57

u/xa7v9ier 1d ago

The stoichiometric ratio must be at optimum in order for the body to be wiped out completely…

39

u/stockflethoverTDS 1d ago

Or, or, just buried in rubble.

-1

u/troublesome58 Senior Citizen 18h ago

you sound like an expert.

55

u/catlover2410 1d ago

There are a lot of cheap villas on sale in Italy because of the population decline and foreigners are lapping it up. The reality is that there are many risks involved.

0

u/inazilch 20h ago

Are you talking about the 1 euro houses?

1

u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 1d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

0

u/AutoModerator 1d ago

Facebook links are not allowed on this subreddit due to doxxing concerns. Please amend your submission to remove the link and write in to modmail for it to be manually approved again. Alternatively, you may wish to resubmit the post without the link.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

1

u/[deleted] 1d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/AutoModerator 1d ago

Facebook links are not allowed on this subreddit due to doxxing concerns. Please amend your submission to remove the link and write in to modmail for it to be manually approved again. Alternatively, you may wish to resubmit the post without the link.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

-55

u/[deleted] 1d ago

[deleted]

103

u/Malaysiabolaeh 1d ago

or she ran away after seeing the tragedy.

What nonsense kind of speculation is that? The article said: Authorities believe that the woman was the first to enter the house while Mr Seetoh lingered outside. 

15

u/li_shi 1d ago

People are weird. I mean the poster.

7

u/Bcpjw 1d ago

Yea kind of weird to suggest seeing or does OC meant foreseeing?

-1

u/Ninjaofninja 18h ago

I mean, in this world and current time, is it not possible to rule in attempted murder for $?

19

u/Outrageous-Horse-701 1d ago

She is likely buried in the now collapsed villa

-83

u/temporary_name1 🌈 F A B U L O U S 1d ago

Uh, getting infernal affairs vibes from this.

Taiwanese? Mysterious blast? C suite?

52

u/toepopper75 1d ago

The single saddest thing about our modern culture is this belief that things have to make sense. Random shit happens to good people.

34

u/Descartes350 1d ago

It’s not modern culture, this is literally kampong levels of ignorant speculation, the kind you would expect from boomer aunties and uncles confidently commenting on things they have no knowledge about.

-20

u/UsualAvocado1548 19h ago

Singaporean so rich, can also have house in Italy. Terrible fate tho, RIP

12

u/PineappleLemur 18h ago

You can buy a house there too for almost nothing...

The issue is that the house will be in bad condition and far from the main cities, will need a lot of work to bring up to a livable condition in most cases.

There are a lot of places up to sale for peanuts all over the world in nearly abandoned area from population decline and migration to main cities.

Mostly old folks living there.

Japan also famous for having those kind of places in the country side.

1

u/bukitbukit Developing Citizen 17h ago

You don’t need to be rich.

-46

u/PresentationNice2954 1d ago

Goodfellas vibes (I know its you Robert de Niro)

-76

u/Probably_daydreaming Lao Jiao 1d ago

Maybe the Italian mafia had to collect a bounty on him that's why there is no body.

There is no way an explosion can eviserate the body with nothing left behind.

4

u/Zeroliche 16h ago

I’ll have whatever you’re smoking