Channel NewsAsia - Monday,
December 10
Fire breaks out
on third floor of block at Dover Road
SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at Block 4, Dover Road, around 12.20am
on early Sunday morning.
The blaze at the third floor lift landing resulted in a lot of
smoke in the corridor.
Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) evacuated
two women from a unit closest to the fire by placing a ladder at
their kitchen window.
The firemen also rescued a man and two women in separate lifts
after forcing open the elevators.
All five people were unhurt.
Residents from the second to the seventh floor were also
evacuated.
Five of them had to be taken to National University Hospital to be
treated for smoke inhalation.
To stop the fire from spreading to neighbouring units, SCDF used
two fire engines, one Red Rhino and two support vehicles.
The SCDF said the fire was extinguished in 10 minutes and it is
investigating the cause of the fire which involved discarded items.
CNA/so