Sembawang HDB fire: One hospitalised

The woman was conscious when she was taken to the Singapore General Hospital for smoke inhalation, the authorities said.

She was later arrested for mischief by fire, police said, adding that investigations are ongoing.

In photos and videos of the incident uploaded on Facebook on June 30, thick black plumes of smoke and flames are seen billowing from the windows of the unit, reaching as high as the roof of the building.

The total number of fires increased by 3 per cent from 2024 to 2025 – climbing from 1,990 cases to 2,050 cases, SCDF said in its annual statistics report in February.

In 2025, 1,051 cases involved fires at residential buildings, an 8.6 per cent increase from the 968 cases in 2024.

Unattended cooking and electrical fires – including faults in electrical wiring or overloaded sockets – remained the top two causes of home fires.