Nine water jets deployed to contain NUS
fire
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)
on Friday deployed nine water jets to contain the fire at an
Engineering Faculty building at the National University of
Singapore (NUS).
It said its firefighters had to break the windows on
the first two floors for ventilation.
NUS said smoke was first detected on the roof of
Block E3A at the Kent Ridge Campus at 2.25pm.
As a safety precaution, all occupants in the building and the
surrounding buildings were evacuated.
Ms Mok Qing Lin, 22, an engineering student at the scene, told
Todayonline that there were about 100 students and teaching staff
members who were evacuated from the buildings around Block 3A. It
is vacation period, if not, the numbers would have been
larger.
The university said a contract security guard working in the
building has been sent to the National University Hospital (NUH)
due to smoke inhalation.
SCDF said three of its firefighters were also sent to NUH for heat
exhaustion.
No other injuries have been reported.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.