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About 80 residents were evacuated from a condominium in Choa Chu Kang after a fire broke out on Sunday (April 19) morning.<\/p>\n
In a video shared on Xiaohongshu on the same day, residents are seen gathered on the ground floor as thick smoke billows from the building.<\/p>\n
In the caption, the user noted that the elevators were out of service, requiring residents to use the stairs to evacuate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The user <\/strong>also reminded residents to be cautious when charging devices overnight.<\/p>\n Speaking to 8world, a resident at the condominium said she heard sirens at around 8.15am, with fire engines and ambulances arriving shortly after.<\/p>\n “When we came downstairs, we saw very thick black smoke coming out of the windows. At around 8.30am, firefighters came down to check if anyone was injured,” she said.<\/p>\n “By then, the smoke had subsided and residents from the other blocks were allowed to return.”<\/p>\n Responding to queries from AsiaOne, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to a fire at 60 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5 at about 8.05am.\u00a0<\/p>\n Online checks indicate that the above-mentioned address corresponds to INZ Residences condominium.<\/p>\n The fire, which involved the living room in a ninth floor unit, was extinguished by SCDF using a hose reel and a compressed air foam backpack.<\/p>\n Two occupants from the affected unit were assessed but both declined to be taken to the hospital, it said.<\/p>\n There were no other reported injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n [[nid:733017]]<\/p>\n xingying.koh@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n