Five people were evacuated from a condo in Geylang after a charging power-assisted bicycle (PAB) caught fire on Sunday (June 21).
In response to AsiaOne’s queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that it was alerted to the incident at Block 9 Lorong 26 Geylang at around 5.35pm that Sunday.
Checks by AsiaOne show that the address corresponds to Casa Aerata condominium.
Based on preliminary investigations, the fire was caused by a PAB battery that was left charging in the living room of a unit on the seventh floor.
SCDF personnel managed to extinguish the fire using a hosereel and a compressed air foam backpack.
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