SINGAPORE – Two people were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in the bedroom of a Pasir Ris HDB flat on the morning of Sept 13.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the blaze at Block 722 Pasir Ris Street 72 at about 7.30am.
Three people had evacuated from the eighth-floor unit before SCDF arrived, and about 20 people from the block were evacuated by the police and SCDF as a precaution.
The fire, which involved a bedroom in the unit, was extinguished using a water jet, said SCDF.
Two people were taken to the Singapore General Hospital for smoke inhalation.
SCDF said preliminary findings suggest that the fire had likely started from an electrical origin in the bedroom.
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