{"id":33106,"date":"2026-03-03T10:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33106"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:16:51","slug":"firefighter-suffers-minor-burn-while-putting-out-fire-at-kovan-condo-unit-man-arrested-for-mischief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33106","title":{"rendered":"Firefighter suffers minor burn while putting out fire at Kovan condo unit; man arrested for mischief"},"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<!-- --> A firefighter was taken to hospital after sustaining a minor burn while trying to put out a fire at a residential unit in Kovan on<!-- --> March 2<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In response to queries from The Straits Times, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the fire at <!-- -->22 Sirat Road at <!-- -->about 4pm<!-- -->.<!-- -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police said a 64-year-old man was arrested for mischief by fire. Three occupants of the affected unit evacuated before SCDF officers arrived, with no injuries reported.<!-- --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Upon arrival, firefighters found a bedroom in a third-floor unit on fire and extinguished the blaze with a water jet, with a firefighter sustaining a minor burn injury during the operation, said the SCDF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He was assessed by an SCDF paramedic and later taken to Singapore General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Footage circulating on social media shows flames flaring out of a residential unit\u2019s window, with thick smoke billowing into the sky. Parts of the exterior walls surrounding the window appear charred and darkened by the blaze.<\/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\">A search by ST shows that the address corresponds with that of Vin<!-- -->a Lodge, a fre<!-- -->ehold apartment development in District 19.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base tiktok tiktok-embed\" title=\"tiktok embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7612577655573073160?lang=en\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" loading=\"eager\" data-testid=\"responsiveIframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/firefighter-sustains-minor-burns-while-putting-out-fire-at-kovan-condo-unit-man-arrested-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A firefighter was taken to hospital after sustaining a minor burn while trying to put out a fire at a residential unit in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}