{"id":47883,"date":"2026-04-27T22:03:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47883"},"modified":"2026-04-27T22:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:03:37","slug":"mce-tunnel-fire-activates-sprinklers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47883","title":{"rendered":"MCE tunnel fire activates sprinklers"},"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 &#8211; A vehicular fire along the <!-- -->MCE<!-- --> early on <!-- -->April 27<!-- --> momentarily closed off entrance to the expressway\u2019s tunnel and activated the tunnel\u2019s sprinkler system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The <!-- -->Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)<!-- --> said it was alerted to the fire<!-- --> along MCE towards AYE near Marina Coastal Drive exit<!-- --> at about <!-- -->6.55am<!-- -->. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The fire, which involved the<!-- --> rear tyre of a lorry<!-- -->, was extinguished using a water jet, <!-- -->it said<!-- -->. <!-- -->No injuries<!-- --> were reported. <\/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, said SCDF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Water from the tunnel\u2019s sprinkler system showered over passing vehicles during the incident, a video of the incident posted to <!-- -->TikTok <!-- -->showed<!-- -->, an<!-- -->d at least three emergency vehicles<!-- --> can be seen on the <!-- -->left-most lane <!-- -->as sirens blared<!-- -->.<!-- --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A photo of an electronic signboard shows text saying: <!-- -->\u201cFire. Tunnel closed. Must exit now.\u201d<!-- --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The tunnel entrance was closed for five minutes from <!-- -->7.08am to 7.13am.<!-- --> <\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base tiktok tiktok-embed\" title=\"tiktok embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7633255776756174101?_r=1&amp;_t=ZS-95t4I1gS7ef\" 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\/mce-tunnel-sprinklers-activated-after-early-morning-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; A vehicular fire along the MCE early on April 27 momentarily closed off entrance to the expressway\u2019s tunnel and activated the tunnel\u2019s sprinkler&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47884,"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-47883","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\/47883","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=47883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}