SINGAPORE: A man was injured after a fire broke out
in a shophouse at Aliwal Street, near Beach Road, at 3.25pm on
Thursday.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said upon
arrival to the scene, its officers found the second level of the
shophouse on fire.
It took them some 15 minutes to extinguish the
blaze.
It added that the man, in his 40s, suffered burns to his hands and
was sent to the Singapore General Hospital.
- CNA/de