Three fires occurred last night and SCDF was fire fighting around the island in Telok Blangah, Bedok North and Tampines.
Block 39 Telok Blangah Rise
At about 4.40am today (29 Jan), SCDF was alerted to a fire at the above-mentioned location.Upon SCDF’s arrival, the fire was raging and had totally engulfed a unit on the 10th floor.
Firefighters conducted forcible entry into the unit directly above the fire and found a woman lying unconscious on the floor. The crew immediately rescued the woman out of the unit and brought her to the lift lobby
280 people evacuated from the location.
Block 204 Bedok North Street 1
At about 11.50pm last night (28 Jan), SCDF was alerted to a fire at the coffeeshop.
The fire was extinguished with five water jets within an hour. Damping down operations* are ongoing. About 55 people from residential units above the coffee shop were evacuated as a precautionary measure.
Block 941 Tampines Ave 5
At about 10.30pm yesterday (28 Jan), SCDF was alerted to a fire.
Upon SCDF’s arrival, the fire was raging and had totally engulfed a two-storey unit on the 10th floor.
firefighters also conducted forcible entry into a bedroom on the first storey, and found a man lying unconscious on the floor. The firefighters immediately rescued him out of the burning unit.
About 180 people from neighbouring units were evacuated as a precautionary measure.
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