SINGAPORE : A fire broke out in an HDB flat in Toa
Payoh Lorong 5 on Wednesday afternoon, injuring four people and
causing damage to property.
Witnesses told Channel NewsAsia that they heard loud
sounds, and saw fire and thick smoke coming out from the
flat.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it
took about seven minutes to put out the fire.
It added that one of the bedrooms and items placed along the
corridor were completely burnt, while the rest of the flat and
corridor were damaged.
SCDF said no one was in the flat when they arrived - they had left
the unit before the SCDF arrived.
A makeshift first-aid point was set up at a playground nearby to
attend to residents who were affected by the fire.
SCDF said two adults and two children suffered a range of injuries
- from breathlessness to minor burns.
Three of them were residents of the unit.
All four injured persons have been sent to the hospital.
Investigations into the cause of the fire are ongoing.
- CNA/al