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One person was taken to hospital after an electric mahjong table caught fire in a Tampines HDB flat on Saturday (Aug 8) night.<\/p>\n
The incident happened at about 9.30pm at Block 449 Tampines Street 42.<\/p>\n
A livestream posted by TikTok user M.K Collector shows black soot on the external facade wall outside the bedroom and toilet of a ninth-floor unit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some residents are seen waiting at the void deck of the block, while Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedics attended to a person seated within a police cordon.<\/p>\n
During his livestream, the TikTok user claimed that the fire started due to a candle placed on a mahjong table.<\/p>\n
In response to AsiaOne’s queries, SCDF stated that the fire involved an electric mahjong table in a ninth-floor unit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
SCDF added that members of the public used buckets of water to help put out the fire prior to firefighters’ arrival.<\/p>\n
According to the Singapore Police Force, an 86-year-old man was conveyed conscious to the hospital, tallying with SCDF’s statement that they had sent one person to the Singapore General Hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Another person was assessed for minor injuries but declined to be taken to hospital, said the SCDF.<\/p>\n
Both police and fire investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n
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