SINGAPORE – One person was taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out on Oct 20 at a Housing Board flat in Yishun.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at Block 756 Yishun Street 72 at 12.05pm.
SCDF said the fire, which was extinguished with a water jet, involved two personal mobility aids (PMAs) in the corridor outside a unit on the second floor.
About 25 people from the block were evacuated by the SCDF and police as a precautionary measure.
In a Facebook post on Oct 20, Nee Soon GRC MP Goh Hanyan said that electricity supply to two units in the affected block was temporarily impacted.
