SINGAPORE \u2013 A fire broke out in the backyard of a terraced house in Bukit Batok on the evening of July 22, with photos showing the building engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident in Pavilion Circle at about 10.20pm.<\/p>\n
Two water jets were used to extinguish the blaze, it said.<\/p>\n
Three people were assessed for smoke inhalation but declined to be taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cause of the fire is under investigation,\u201d SCDF said.<\/p>\n
One photo taken at the scene shows flames reaching up to the third storey of the terraced unit.<\/p>\n
In another photo shows the charred exterior of the house, with significant damage to its awning and window frames.<\/p>\n The kitchen and backyard of the affected unit were severely damaged.<\/p>\n PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Chinese-language news outlet Shin Min Daily News reported on July 23 that six SCDF vehicles and three police cars were at the scene. A ladder truck was also deployed.<\/p>\n Roads near Pavilion Circle and the nearby Pavilion Grove were closed for at least three hours, it said.<\/p>\n A neighbour who spoke to the Chinese daily said that six people live in the house.<\/p>\n \u201cThe residents were cooking in the kitchen when the fire started for unknown reasons,\u201d the neighbour said.<\/p>\n The neighbour added that a man who lives in the unit was alerted to the fire by his domestic helper.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone then rushed outside,\u201d the neighbour said.<\/p>\n Shin Min reported that the fire had also affected the neigbouring unit, with soot seen on its ceiling and burn marks on the wall in between the two buildings.<\/p>\n A woman who lives in the unit told Shin Min that her domestic helper evacuated hurriedly after she heard an explosion and saw flames.<\/p>\n \u201cOur kitchen was also affected, and we can\u2019t go home for the time being,\u201d she said, adding that the family would have to look for temporary accommodation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 A fire broke out in the backyard of a terraced house in Bukit Batok on the evening of July 22, with photos showing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71156,"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-71155","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\/71155","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=71155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/picture><\/div>
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