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SINGAPORE \u2013 One person was taken to hospital and 24 were evacuated after a fire broke out in the bedroom of a 16th-floor HDB unit in Bukit Batok on Dec 30. <\/p>\n
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to a fire at Block 288A Bukit Batok Street 25 at about 10.55am.<\/p>\n
The fire was contained within the bedroom and extinguished by SCDF firefighters with two water jets. The rest of the unit sustained heat and smoke damage.<\/p>\n
Four people evacuated from the affected unit before SCDF\u2019s arrival, and a further 20 in the affected block were evacuated by the police and SCDF as a precaution.<\/p>\n
One person, who felt unwell, was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.<\/p>\n
Preliminary findings indicate the cause of fire is likely of an electrical origin in the affected bedroom, SCDF said.<\/p>\n
Ms Emma Chow, 21, was walking on the road next to the affected block when she heard a strange sound above her.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a loud sound, and I thought it was coming from the trees at first,\u201d said the undergraduate, who called the SCDF after looking up and realising there was a fire.<\/p>\n
A small crowd soon gathered at the multipurpose hall near the block, including a woman, who looks to be in her late 40s and identified herself as the owner of the affected unit.<\/p>\n
The woman told Ms Chow that she left her unit and told her neighbours to evacuate when she noticed her windows were on fire.<\/p>\n
Ms Chow said the woman looked frazzled and mentioned that \u201call her works are gone\u201d because of the fire.<\/p>\n