{"id":25662,"date":"2026-01-04T15:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=25662"},"modified":"2026-01-04T15:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:56:37","slug":"20-evacuated-after-fire-breaks-out-at-peoples-park-complex-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=25662","title":{"rendered":"20 evacuated after fire breaks out at People\u2019s Park Complex home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->Twenty people were evacuated<!-- --> after a fire broke out in a 21st floor residential unit at People\u2019s Park Complex in Chinatown on Jan 4. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a <!-- -->Facebook post on Jan 4,<!-- --> the <!-- -->Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)<!-- --> said it was alerted to the fire in the living room of the flat at <!-- -->1.55pm<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">It added that firefighters entered the unit and extinguished the fire with two water jets. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">No one was inside the flat at the time and there were no reported injuries, it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The cause of the fire is under investigation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In its post, SCDF advised people to extinguish lighted materials, such as candles, before leaving home. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">They should also not leave cooking unattended or overload power sockets, and switch off the electrical supply when not in use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Fires\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Fires<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Fire safety rules\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Fire safety rules<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for SCDF\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">SCDF<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br 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