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SINGAPORE \u2013 A person was taken to hospital after a power-assisted bicycle (PAB) caught fire in the early hours of March 22. <\/p>\n
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in response to queries from The Straits Times that it was alerted to the incident in Balestier Road at about 12.15am that day. <\/p>\n
The fire was put out with a hose reel and one person was taken to Singapore General Hospital. <\/p>\n
The cause of the fire is under investigation, SCDF added. <\/p>\n
In a picture posted in Facebook group Professional PHV Drivers Singapore: Grab, Gojek, Tada n Ryde, a picture of a PAB engulfed in flames by the road can be seen. A man is also seen standing beside the fire. Thick, dark smoke is visibly emitting from the site. <\/p>\n
In 2025, Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam said in a written reply to parliamentary questions that there were 187 fires involving active mobility devices<\/span><\/a> over the last five years.<\/p>\n Of these, about 46 per cent involved personal mobility devices (PMDs), 42 per cent PABs and 12 per cent personal mobility aids.<\/p>\n On Jan 3, 20 people were evacuated from a Housing Board block near Telok Blangah after a fire involving a PAB. The fire in Block 108 Bukit Purmei Road<\/span><\/a> was extinguished with two water jets, said SCDF. <\/p>\n Preliminary findings indicate that the fire most likely originated from the battery of a PAB in the bedroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n