SINGAPORE: Eight people were injured in an early
morning fire at a flat at Tah Ching Road in
Jurong.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it
received a call at 4.30am about the fire at Block
337B.
The fire was confined to the living room of the
affected unit on the 15th floor.
SCDF said the unit's six occupants had self-evacuated by the time
SCDF personnel arrived on the scene. The other two are
neighbours.
The fire was put out within eight minutes.
Twenty other residents in the block had also evacuated the
building.
Five of those injured sustained burns to various parts of their
bodies.
Three suffered smoke inhalation.
Two of eight individuals suffered both burns and smoke
inhalation.
All eight were sent to hospital.
Four of the injured who were sent to Singapore General Hospital are
in stable condition.
Two are in ICU while the other two are in the high dependency
ward.
As for the other four casualties who were sent to National
University Hospital, two are in stable condition in the high
dependency ward. Another is in the normal ward while a fourth
person is expected to be discharged on Sunday.
The casualties are aged between 24 and 90 years.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
- CNA/wk/ck