Fire breaks
out at Orchard Towers; 60 evacuated
SINGAPORE: Smoke spread through Orchard Towers on Tuesday night
(Feb 6) after a fire broke out.
When Channel NewsAsia was there at about 8.10pm, firefighters and
police were already at the scene.
There was an acrid smell like that of burning rubber or plastic in
the air.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted at
about 8pm to the fire at 400, Orchard Road.
The fire involved the contents of a bar top, SCDF said.
Firefighters, donning breathing apparatus sets, extinguished the
fire using one waterjet and one compressed air-foam backpack.
About 60 people evacuated the building before SCDF
arrived.
There were no injuries reported.
The crowd appeared calm and held on to their drinks as they
evacuated from the building, which houses a large number of bars
and nightclubs.
Source: CNA/mz