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SINGAPORE \u2013 Three people \u2013 including two firefighters \u2013 were taken to hospital after a fire broke out in Clementi late on July 31. <\/p>\n
In a Facebook post early on Aug 1, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at Block 309 Clementi Avenue 4 at about 11.10pm on July 31.<\/p>\n
When SCDF firefighters arrived at the scene, they saw flames in the living room of an eighth-floor unit. They had to force their way into the unit to extinguish the\u00a0fire, which involved items in the living room,\u00a0SCDF\u00a0added.<\/p>\n
The fire was put out with two water jets.<\/p>\n
During the firefighting operation, a person was found trapped in the kitchen and was later taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.<\/p>\n
Two firefighters were taken to Singapore General Hospital after suffering burn injuries during the operation.<\/p>\n
About 40 residents from the affected block were evacuated by the police and SCDF as a precaution. The cause of the\u00a0fire\u00a0is under investigation.<\/p>\n
SCDF said in its annual statistics in February that more people were getting hurt in fires, with the figure rising from 80 in 2024 to 94 in 2025.<\/p>\n
The total number of fires increased by 3 per cent \u2013 from 1,990 in 2024 to 2,050 in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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