SINGAPORE: Fire broke out in a ninth-floor unit of Block 699B on
Hougang Street 52 on Friday (Jul 3).
The Singapore Civil Defence (SCDF) said it received a call for
assistance at 5.40pm. It dispatched two fire engines, one Red
Rhino. An ambulance was also sent to the scene.
The fire was put out in 10
minutes using water jets, SCDF said. Two occupants who had been in
the HDB unit at the time of the fire had self-evacuated, and no
casualties were reported.
- CNA/hs