Tuesday May 22, 10:17
PM
SINGAPORE : Residents of Block 660C in Jurong West Street 64 were
woken up from their sleep and evacuated from their homes after fire
broke out in one of the flats early Tuesday morning.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to
the fire shortly before 2 am.
Fire fighters arrived at the scene a few minutes later to find
thick smoke bellowing from the bedroom windows of a unit on the
15th floor.
They entered the unit and extinguished the fire within 15
minutes.
One of the female occupants was sent to the National University
Hospital for observation.
As a precaution, residents from the 14th to 16th floors were
evacuated.
The SCDF said the cause of the fire is currently under
investigation.