{"id":8354,"date":"2025-11-02T15:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T07:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=8354"},"modified":"2025-11-02T15:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T07:57:06","slug":"everything-was-gone-in-minutes-factory-worker-recalls-seeing-spark-moments-before-eunos-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=8354","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Everything was gone in minutes\u2019: Factory worker recalls seeing spark moments before Eunos fire"},"content":{"rendered":"


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SINGAPORE \u2013 While painting doors at a factory in the Eunos Industrial Estate on the evening of Nov 1, Mr Jhantu Ghosh noticed a spark in an exhaust fan near the ceiling of the industrial unit he was in. <\/p>\n

Seeing a fire developing quickly thereafter, the Bangladeshi worker with door supplier Best Doors rushed to tell his colleagues to evacuate. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe got out of the factory, but in less than 10 minutes, we saw it burn down in front of our eyes,\u201d Mr Jhantu, 45, told The Straits Times on Nov 2, a day after the massive fire engulfed a single-storey building in the industrial estate. <\/p>\n

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When ST visited the scene on the morning of Nov 2, damping-down operations \u2013 applying water to wet burnt surfaces to prevent potential rekindling of the fire \u2013 were still continuing, more than 12 hours after the blaze was put out.<\/p>\n

Mr Jhantu was working at one of three workshop units affected by the fire. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said a fourth unit was partially affected at the roof area. <\/p>\n

A large section of the roads leading to 1079 Eunos Avenue 7, where the fire took place, were still cordoned off on Nov 2. <\/p>\n

ST approached Mr Jhantu, who has been working at Best Doors for 12 years, as he stood by the police cordon with his bicycle, looking at what remained of the burnt building on Nov 2. <\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I saw the spark, I ran to the office within the factory to tell everyone. I wanted to extinguish it, but I couldn\u2019t because it was too high up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n