SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at the Borneo Motors building at
Leng Kee late Friday morning.
Borneo Motors is the distributor of Lexus and Toyota car
brands.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said the fire was put out within
15 minutes of SCDF personnel arriving on the scene. SCDF said no
one was injured.
A spokesperson from Borneo Motors told Channel NewsAsia it was
its body and paint repairs facility at Leng Kee that was involved
in the fire.
The spokesperson said one of the stay-paint ovens had short
circuited. The ovens are used to dry freshly-painted cars.
The spokesperson said it is unable to verify if there was a
vehicle in the oven at the time of the fire as access to the
facility is currently blocked.
The spokesperson said its staff on hand had tried to put out the
fire with fire extinguishers.
Its 60 employees were immediately evacuated from the
facility.
Borneo Motors is helping with investigations on the cause of the
fire.
- CNA/xq