Explosions
heard after car catches fire in Shunfu market car
park
SINGAPORE: A man was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation
after a car caught fire in a multi-storey car park in Shunfu on
Monday (Mar 19).
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said that they responded to a
vehicle fire at Deck 3A of a multi-storey car park at 320 Shunfu
Road at about 11.50am. The fire involved the engine compartment of
the car, and was extinguished by SCDF using two water jets and a
compressed air foam backpack.
A man in his 40s was taken to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital for smoke
inhalation. He was conscious and alert, SCDF added.
It is unclear if the man was the driver of the car.
A 48-second video of the fire was uploaded onto the Facebook page
Fabrications About The PAP. It showed the front of the car, where
the engine is located, completely engulfed by fire.
Thick smoke was seen billowing onto the ceiling of the car
park.
The caption of the video said that an "explosion was heard" and two
other cars were "damaged".
Another Facebook user, Clarence Goh, posted a photo of plumes
of smoke at Shunfu market, near where the multi-storey carpark was
located.
He wrote in his caption that he had heard "small explosions".
SCDF said that the cause of fire is still under investigation.
Source: CNA/ng