Fire breaks
out in Tampines flat, no injuries reported
SINGAPORE: A fire broke out in a housing board flat at Tampines
Street 45 on Wednesday (Oct 4), forcing about 50 residents to
evacuate.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the
incident at Block 498J at 6.40pm.
Thick smoke was billowing out of the windows of a third-floor unit,
as seen in video footage sent by a Channel NewsAsia reader.
SCDF said it had to use a power saw to "force entry" into the
unit, which was unoccupied at the time. It added that about 50
residents had self-evacuated before firefighters arrived at the
scene.
The fire involved the contents of a living room and was put out by
SCDF using two water jets. No one was injured.
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An eyewitness said his fifth-floor unit was covered in "thick black
soot" after the fire.
Authorities said the cause of the fire is being investigated.
-- CNA