SINGAPORE \u2013 Two people were rescued from a 13th-storey HDB flat after a fire broke out in the unit in Jurong West in the early hours of June 17.<\/p>\n
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the blaze at Block 842 Jurong West Street 81 at about 3.35am that day.<\/p>\n
A family of four from the affected unit \u2013 including the two who were rescued \u2013 were taken to Singapore General Hospital, while about 40 other residents were evacuated as a precautionary measure, SCDF added.<\/p>\n
\u201cUpon arrival, the living room of a unit on the 13th floor was on fire. SCDF firefighters entered the smoke-logged unit to fight the fire,\u201d the agency said, adding that the blaze was extinguished with a water jet.<\/p>\n
Preliminary investigations suggest the fire likely started from an electrical origin in the living room.<\/p>\n The blaze likely started from an electrical origin in the living room.<\/p>\n PHOTO: ZHENG YIMING\/LIANHE ZAOBAO<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n According to Chinese-language daily Lianhe Zaobao, whose reporters visited the site at around 4pm that day, the unit\u2019s walls and ceiling were blackened, and the windows were shattered.<\/p>\n Lianhe Zaobao said the family had been asleep when the fire broke out. The incident was brought to light by an 18-year-old neighbour living in the unit directly above theirs.<\/p>\n The student, who had been awake playing games, said he smelled smoke and saw it drifting from the windows below his unit, prompting him to go downstairs to investigate.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I touched the door, it was very hot. So I kept knocking… to notify the neighbours to evacuate. I then ran home to tell my family to leave quickly,\u201d he said. His mother then alerted the police and the SCDF.<\/p>\n The student added that before his family evacuated, a young woman from the affected unit had come to their door to borrow towels, saying she wanted to tend to her father\u2019s wounds.<\/p>\n \u201cHer hair was singed and her face was blackened by soot,\u201d he recalled, adding that he saw a man whose back and arms were bright red, appearing to be burnt.<\/p>\n A 12th-floor neighbour told Lianhe Zaobao that she saw at least five fire engines parked below the block.<\/p>\n To prevent such fires, SCDF has advised the public to avoid overloading electrical outlets and switch off appliances when not in use.<\/p>\n They urged residents to use only appliances and electrical plugs bearing the Safety Mark, a certification issued by Singapore\u2019s Consumer Product Safety Office.<\/p>\n SCDF added that batteries and devices should also not be left to charge unattended overnight or for extended periods.<\/p>\n According to SCDF\u2019s\u00a0latest annual statistics released in February<\/span><\/a>, the total number of fires rose by 3 per cent from 1,990 in 2024 to 2,050 in 2025. Of these, 1,051 occurred in residential buildings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 Two people were rescued from a 13th-storey HDB flat after a fire broke out in the unit in Jurong West in the early…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61655,"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-61654","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\/61654","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=61654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/picture><\/div>
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