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A woman was doing her laundry in her Tampines flat on Wednesday (Feb 25) when her washing machine suddenly caught fire, forcing her to flee the unit.<\/p>\n
The homeowner had claimed that she heard something exploding in her flat at Block 226 Tampines Street 23, reported Shin Min Daily News.<\/p>\n
The Singapore Civil Defence Force told AsiaOne it received a call for help at about 1.45pm and extinguished the fire using a water jet. There were no reported injuries, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Shin Min, the homeowner surnamed Lin said she had loaded the washing machine with laundry and was cooking when she noticed smoke emitting from the appliance.<\/p>\n
Using a bamboo pole, she switched off the power socket and then unplugged the machine.<\/p>\n
But flames still emerged from inside the front-load machine, purchased six years ago, she said.<\/p>\n
According to the report, about six or seven neighbours had gathered to help, and attempted to extinguish the fire in Lin’s kitchen with water and a fire extinguisher.<\/p>\n
They eventually evacuated due to poor visibility from the house-wide power outage and thick smoke.<\/p>\n
Lin recalled hearing two explosions after they left.<\/p>\n
Two residents also helped carry a 90-year-old woman in a wheelchair, who lives on the same floor as Lin, down a flight of stairs to reach the lift.<\/p>\n
The blaze blackened the ceilings of Lin’s home, and shards of glass presumably from the washing machine had scattered around her kitchen floor, Shin Min reported.<\/p>\n
Lin said an electrician had restored power to her house, and she will have to renovate her kitchen.<\/p>\n
“Luckily, nobody was injured,” she added.<\/p>\n
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lim.kewei@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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