{"id":50153,"date":"2026-05-06T06:43:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50153"},"modified":"2026-05-06T06:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:43:49","slug":"smrt-bus-catches-fire-near-woodgrove-primary-school-in-woodlands-no-injuries-reported-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50153","title":{"rendered":"SMRT bus catches fire near Woodgrove Primary School in Woodlands; no injuries reported"},"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; An SMRT bus caught fire<!-- --> near Woodgrove Primary School<!-- --> in Woodlands on the afternoon of May 5, <!-- -->sending thick plumes of black smoke up in the air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In response to queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to a fire involving a bus along <!-- -->Woodlands Avenue 1<!-- --> at about<!-- --> 1.40pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SCDF extinguished the fire using a water jet and a hosereel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">There were no reported injuries, and the cause of the fire is under investigation, it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a video of the incident, fire is seen blazing at the front half of the bus, with a pillar of black smoke rising into the sky. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bus engulfed in flames near primary school in Woodlands\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kV2CwubPfBw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In another video, a firefighter is seen spraying water over the bus, which has been reduced to metal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Members of the public were first notified about the fire near the bus stop outside Woodgrove Primary School in an alert on the Land Transport Authority\u2019s MyTransport.SG webpage at about 2pm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">It added that bus services 901, 901M and 967 had to be diverted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Mr Vincent Gay, the deputy managing director of SMRT Buses, said in a statement that the driver of<!-- --> bus service 967 <!-- -->had noticed smoke coming from the driver\u2019s compartment at about 1.30pm, when the bus was stopped at a bus stop. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">As a precaution, the bus driver immediately guided all passengers to alight and move to a safe distance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A fire broke out at the front of the bus soon after. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Mr Gay said the bus driver immediately alerted the Bus Operations Control Centre, which activated SCDF. The bus driver also attempted to put out the fire from a safe distance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThe bus captain was not hurt. We are investigating the cause of the incident and are supporting the well-being of the bus captain,\u201d said Mr Gay. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a Facebook post, Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC MP Hany Soh said she is in close contact with the relevant agencies as they manage the situation on the ground. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cI am relieved that all passengers and the driver were able to evacuate safely,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cMy sincere thanks to the SCDF and SPF officers, staff from Woodgrove Primary School, and helpful residents in the vicinity for their swift response,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ms Soh advised members of the public to avoid the area and follow the instructions of officers on the ground. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The total number of vehicle fires decreased from 257 in 2024 to 226 in 2025, said SCDF in its annual statistics report on Feb 11.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/smrt-bus-catches-fire-near-woodgrove-primary-school-in-woodlands-no-injuries-reported\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; An SMRT bus caught fire near Woodgrove Primary School in Woodlands on the afternoon of May 5, sending thick plumes of black smoke&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50155,"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-50153","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\/50153","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=50153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}