Small fire broke out at Hyatt Hotel's
staff canteen
A small fire broke out in the office located within Hyatt
Hotel's staff canteen this afternoon.
SCDF said they received a call at around 2:30 pm and despatched
1 fire engine, 1 support vehicle and 1 ambulance.
But the fire was put out by the hotel's fire fighting team
before SCDF arrived.
Some 100 people and guests were evacuated from the scene.
One of whom was Mr Kamal, who had booked two rooms at the Hyatt
to house his visiting relatives.
He described what happened.
"When the alarm broke out, we realised that there was a fire and
we asked the hotel security but they did not know what was
happening. After about 3 minutes, they told us there was a fire in
the hotel. They told us they will keep us updated within a few
minutes. My family members were up in the room on the 11th floor.
We told the security that we wanted them to come down, and they
said no, the lifts are all jammed and they have to take the
staircase. They told me the lifts would be working after a few
minutes, but it took them 30 to 45 minutes to get the lifts
working. There was no panic in the hotel. President S R Nathan and
his wife were hosting a lunch in the hotel. I spoke with the
president's security personnel and I was talking to them. They told
me not to worry and everything was under control."
Hyatt's Corporate Communications Manager, Patricia Yong on the
hotel's fire evacuation procedures.
"When the fire alarm goes off, if they want to leave the
premises, they can leave the premises, it is not a compulsort
evacuation. No guests were affected. Every month we have a fire
drill, and we practise our fire evacuation drill consistently. So
we never take all these things lightly and we are very
vigilant."
--938Live