The SCDF shared onto their Facebook page about a fire that broke out at Block 121 Bukit Merah View on 30 March at about 11.45am.
Here is what they said
[Fire @ Block 121 Bukit Merah View]
At approximately 11.45am today (30 Mar), SCDF responded to a fire at the above-mentioned location.
Upon the arrival of SCDF emergency responders, the fire was already raging in the living room-cum-bedroom of a one-room residential unit on the 2nd floor.
Firefighters from Alexandra Fire Station and Central Fire Station donned breathing apparatus sets and carefully manoeuvred their way into the heavily smoky unit. The fire was extinguished using a water jet.
The rest of the unit was affected by heat and smoke damage.
Two persons from the affected unit had self-evacuated prior to the arrival of SCDF forces. In addition, about 35 people from the affected block were subsequently evacuated by Police and SCDF.
A person sustained burn injuries while another four persons suffered from smoke inhalation. SCDF conveyed them to Singapore General Hospital.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
