SINGAPORE – One person was taken to hospital and 24 were evacuated after a fire broke out in the bedroom of a 16th-floor HDB unit in Bukit Batok on Dec 30.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to a fire at Block 288A Bukit Batok Street 25 at about 10.55am.
The fire was contained within the bedroom and extinguished by SCDF firefighters with two water jets. The rest of the unit sustained heat and smoke damage.
Four people evacuated from the affected unit before SCDF’s arrival, and a further 20 in the affected block were evacuated by the police and SCDF as a precaution.
One person, who felt unwell, was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
Preliminary findings indicate the cause of fire is likely of an electrical origin in the affected bedroom, SCDF said.
