Some 20 people were evacuated from a Pasir Ris HDB block on Sunday (Sept 13) morning after a fire broke out in an eighth-floor unit, that resulted in two persons taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n
In response to AsiaOne’s queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) stated that the fire, involving a bedroom in the affected unit, happened at about 7.30am at Block 722 Pasir Ris Street 72.<\/p>\n
SCDF said its firefighters extinguished the fire using one water jet, adding that three persons from the unit had self-evacuated prior to its arrival.<\/p>\n
Police and SCDF officers evacuated about 20 residents from the affected block during firefighting operation as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n
A total of two persons were taken to Singapore General Hospital for smoke inhalation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Realtor Zudrya Zamhasbi of Dyra Property shared a video of the incident showing thick smoke billowing from the affected unit.<\/p>\n
“It’s so strong (smell) that I can’t even breathe properly,” she said.<\/p>\n
According to Zudrya, she heard what sounded like two explosions, adding that firefighters arrived within minutes of her call.<\/p>\n
Based on her video, at least three fire appliances attended to the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The video also shows the three units above the affected flat with black soot marks on their exterior facade.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Fire of electrical origin<\/h2>\n
SCDF told AsiaOne that its preliminary findings indicate that the fire had likely started from an electrical origin in the affected bedroom.<\/p>\n
It urged homeowners not to overload electrical outlets with electrical appliances and to always switch off appliances when they are not in use.<\/p>\n
The condition of electrical wires should also be regularly checked, with those found frayed or cracked to be replaced or repaired immediately.<\/p>\n
In addition, batteries or devices should not be left charging unattended for extended periods, or left charging overnight.<\/p>\n
Last year, the SCDF responded to 2,050 fires, with 1,051 cases taking place in residential premises<\/a>.<\/p>\n Unattended cooking remained the top cause of fires that occur in homes, while 305 cases of fires of electrical origin were recorded.<\/p>\n [[nid:745031]]<\/p>\n editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Some 20 people were evacuated from a Pasir Ris HDB block on Sunday (Sept 13) morning after a fire broke out in an eighth-floor unit,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84675,"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-84674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84674","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=84674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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