{"id":34944,"date":"2026-03-09T21:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34944"},"modified":"2026-03-09T21:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:05:37","slug":"toyota-prius-catches-fire-at-yishun-hdb-carpark-no-injuries-reported-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34944","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Prius catches fire at Yishun HDB carpark, no injuries reported, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The engine compartment of a Toyota Prius hybrid car caught fire at a Housing and Development Board (HDB) carpark in Yishun on Monday (March 9).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at about 11.05am at the sixth-floor of Block 512 Yishun Street 41 \u2014 a multistorey carpark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses told AsiaOne that there were no other cars parked near the vehicle when it caught fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photos of the aftermath show heat and smoke damage on the ceiling and walls near the burnt car.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Yishun-HDB-Carpark-Toyota-Prius-Fire-Damage.jpg\" data-entity-uuid=\"8da11ace-27d6-40d4-9711-412ee70330c5\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"Heat and smoke damage were seen on the walls and ceiling near where the Toyota Prius car was parked.\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" data-caption=\"Heat and smoke damage were seen on the walls and ceiling near where the Toyota Prius car was parked. PHOTO: AsiaOne reader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At least three Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) vehicles were seen responding to the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Yishun-HDB-Carpark-Toyota-Prius-Fire-SCDF.jpg\" data-entity-uuid=\"4bb816e3-fdeb-4671-a2c4-ff56a9b20350\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"At least three SCDF fire appliances were seen at the scene.\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" data-caption=\"At least three SCDF fire appliances were seen at the scene. PHOTO: AsiaOne reader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The fire was put out at around 11.30am and no one was observed to have been injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width:605px;min-width:325px\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@asiaone\/video\/7615139939243625729\" data-video-id=\"7615139939243625729\">\n<section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@asiaone?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@asiaone\" rel=\"noopener\">@asiaone<\/a> A Toyota Prius hybrid car parked on the sixth-floor of a multistorey carpark in Yishun caught fire on Monday (March 9) morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sgnews?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"sgnews\" rel=\"noopener\">#sgnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/singapore?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"singapore\" rel=\"noopener\">#Singapore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fire?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"fire\" rel=\"noopener\">#Fire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/car?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"car\" rel=\"noopener\">#Car<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/toyota?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"toyota\" rel=\"noopener\">#Toyota<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/hybrid?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"hybrid\" rel=\"noopener\">#Hybrid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-AsiaOne-7615140032340396801?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - AsiaOne\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; AsiaOne<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Responding to AsiaOne\u2019s queries, SCDF confirmed that there were no injuries in the incident, adding that the fire was extinguished using a water jet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fire investigations are ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:730830]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/yishun-hdb-carpark-toyota-prius-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The engine compartment of a Toyota Prius hybrid car caught fire at a Housing and Development Board (HDB) carpark in Yishun on Monday (March 9).\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34945,"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-34944","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\/34944","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=34944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}