SINGAPORE – A bright orange flare visible from parts of Singapore on the evening of Oct 15 was caused by flaring activities at a chemical plant in Pasir Gudang in eastern Johor Bahru.
In a Facebook post on Oct 17, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said the flaring was the result of recovery work following a power outage at one of Lotte Chemical Titan’s chemical plants.
The power outage began at 4.13pm on Oct 15, Lotte Chemical Titan said in a Facebook post on Oct 16. It added that recovery works began at about 6pm, and were completed at about 9.30pm.
