Fire breaks out in HDB flat in Bedok North; no one
injured
SINGAPORE : A fire broke out in a bedroom of an HDB flat
on the ninth floor of Bedok North Block 519 earlier on
Monday.
A caller to the Channel NewsAsia news hotline said the fire broke
out at about 6pm and lasted for about two hours.
He also said it caused the aircon units of flats on the 10th floor
to be burnt.
The SCDF was notified of the fire at 7:15pm and put it under
control in 30 minutes.
Police also conducted an evacuation of residents living on the 10th
to 12th floors. They were evacuated in seven minutes.
There were no casualties in the fire and investigations are
on-going.
- CNA/ms