The SCDF said in a Facebook post that a fire broke out in the wee hours this morning (7 October) at a plumbing services workshop located at Geylang Bahru.
A total of 17 emergency vehicles and roughly 60 firefighters were deployed to the scene.
One of the firefighters was conveyed to the hospital for a “slight smoke inhalation”.
Water jets were deployed around the exterior of the premises to contain the inferno and prevent the fire from spreading.
The SCDF also simultaneously conducted forced entry into the 2-storey industrial building.
SCDF added: :Once the fire was under control, firefighters wearing breathing apparatus sets proceeded deep into the smoke-logged unit to locate the seat of fire.”
“Firefighters had to exercise extreme caution as the second-floor mezzanine level had already collapsed.”
The fire was put out by the SCDF in 2 hours, but the units adjacent to the affected area suffered damage from the smoke and heat.
The SCDF said that 4 water jets as well as an unmanned firefighting machine were deployed, along with a combined platform ladder to monitor the incident through aerial view.
The stricken fireman who was hospitalised, was a full time NSF, and at the time of writing, he was discharged from SGH.
Apart from that, no other casualties or injuries were reported.
Karuppiah Jeyakkumar, a 44-year-old Indian national and a Singapore PR, pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing grievous hurt and was sentenced yesterday to 9 months of imprisonment.
He was also ordered to compensate the victim $315.70.
He had used an umbrella to assault a distant relative of his in a fit of rage, until the umbrella broke – the victim, Mr Alangam Pillai Rajendran, 55-years-old, required extensive surgery to repair the severe injuries inflicted onto his right eye.
The victim had his vision in his right eye reduced for a significant amount of time.
What happened?
The victim’s wife owned a provision shop in Clementi which the attacker, Karuppiah had contributed money to set up, but he was not registered as a co-owner.
The victim and his wife told Karuppiah that they wanted to sell the shop and share the money with him.
But Karuppiah wanted them to sell it to him instead, with the parties failing to come to an agreement.
On 2 October 2017, the victim met a potential buyer at around 8.45pm outside the shop.
Karuppiah show up a few minutes later because he was supposed to hand over the account book and the shop keys to the victim.
He then got agitated when he saw the victim and the potential buyer.
Karuppiah then used an umbrella and slipper and assaulted the victim, he then chased him away.
The police were called in by the potential buyer and the victim then took a cab to the West Coast Neighbourhood Police Post.
He was then conveyed to NUH in an ambulance.
The victim had suffered an injury to his right eye.
Karuppiah is currently out on $10,000 bail and was ordered to surrender himself on 5 November at the State Courts to begin his jail sentence.
Chen Yuanyuan, a 28-year-old Chinese national, was given 7 charges earlier today.
Among the charges she faced includes two counts of voluntarily causing hurt to a public servant, two counts under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act, and one count under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
What happened?
Earlier this year on 24 Fenruary, Chen allegedly breached Covid-19 rules by leaving her home to go to a gathering of more than 8 people at a home in Pemimpin Drive.
The police caught her celebrating Chinese New Year at the unit with 14 other people after midnight.
She then allegedly tried to bribe one of the police officers with $100, hoping the officer wouldn’t take enforcement action against her.
The police officer rejected the bribe the the case was then referred to the CPIB.
Separately, in another incident that happened on 21 June, Chen had allegedly threatened a man with a knife.
She is currently out on a bail of $15,000 and is due to return to court on 5 November.
The CPIB said in a statement released yesterday that Singapore takes a zero-tolerance approach to corruption.
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A video emerged online showing a chain collision that took place on the PIE.
A van had rear ended a motorcyclist and sent the rider flying and sprawled onto the floor.
The car in front had stopped all of a sudden, purportedly because a lorry infront had abruptly changed into lane 1 and catching the car in front by surprise.
The rider was unfortunately sandwiched in the middle of the vehicles.
The condition of the rider remains unclear.
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A video emerged online showing a xmm illegally vaping in public.
She was also seen not wearing a mask in a public area.
Under section 16(2A) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act (TCASA), it is illegal to possess, purchase and use vaporisers in Singapore as of 1 February 2018.
Persons found guilty of this offence can be fined up to $2,000.
Persons caught by the Police for not wearing a mask or not wearing a mask properly they can be charged under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020.
Penalties include a fine of up to SGD$10,000 and jailed for up to six months.