Did burglars set my house on fire?

PHOTO: Shin Min Daily News

He rushed home from work on Thursday afternoon to find that a fire had burnt many of his possessions to a crisp.

To make matters worse, Mr Philip Wong noticed that several of the items in his Clementi flat, including more than $7,000 in cash, were missing.

Besides the cash, he said, the items missing included three watches – one of which was worth more than $2,000 – and two rings.

The fire had apparently started in the master bedroom, and spread to the living room, kitchen and another bedroom before it was extinguished.

Mr Wong, 57, a warehouse supervisor, said he suspects that his items were stolen and that the burglars had set fire to the house after the burglary to dispose of any evidence left behind.