Fire breaks
out at Leedon Residence near Farrer Road
SINGAPORE: A fire broke out on Saturday morning (Mar 17) at
Leedon Residence, a condominium at 20 Leedon Heights near Farrer
Road.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted at
around 10.30am to the fire, which started at a second-floor unit in
Block 24.
No one was injured in the fire, which started in the master bedroom
of the unit, SCDF said. Around 50 residents of the affected block
were evacuated.
The blaze was put out by firefighters with a waterjet, two
compressed air foam backpacks and two hose reels in the
condominium.
The fire sent plumes of smoke up several storeys of the
block.
Smoke and soot affected two units and the third and fourth floor.
Firefighters had to force their way into both units to ensure that
no one was trapped or affected by the fire, SCDF said.
A resident who lives in the opposite block told Channel NewsAsia
that there was a lot of smoke. "It was only when we heard the
shattering of the windows and saw the smoke coming out of the unit,
we realised it was the second-floor unit on fire," he said.
The unit's window frames were warped from the heat of the blaze, he
added.
SCDF said it is investigating the cause of the fire.
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Source: CNA/cy