{"id":75988,"date":"2026-08-12T17:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=75988"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:34:12","slug":"one-taken-to-hospital-after-restaurant-fire-at-bishan-junction-8-120-people-evacuated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=75988","title":{"rendered":"One taken to hospital after restaurant fire at Bishan Junction 8; 120 people evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: About 120 people were evacuated from Junction 8 mall in Bishan after a fire broke out at Japanese barbeque restaurant Yakiniku Like on Tuesday night (Aug 11).<\/p>\n<p>An employee from a neighbouring store was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p>The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at 9 Bishan Place, the address of Junction 8 mall, at about 7.10pm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fire involved a table grill and exhaust ducting in the dining area of a restaurant on the first floor,&#8221; SCDF said, adding that the fire was extinguished using a hosereel.<\/p>\n<p>Photos sent to CNA show smoke emitting from the restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Junction 8 spokesperson told CNA that it was alerted to a small fire at a restaurant on Level 1 at around 7.05pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The building\u2019s safety measures were immediately activated, including the automated sprinkler system and fire curtain,&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;<span>No other injuries were reported.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Yakiniku Like branch is temporarily closed, but<span> the rest of Junction 8 remains open and is operating as usual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The cause of the fire is under investigation, SCDF said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/junction-8-fire-restaurant-yakiniku-6312691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: About 120 people were evacuated from Junction 8 mall in Bishan after a fire broke out at Japanese barbeque restaurant Yakiniku Like on Tuesday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75989,"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-75988","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\/75988","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=75988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}