{"id":88354,"date":"2026-09-27T20:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88354"},"modified":"2026-09-27T20:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:10:18","slug":"scdf-fire-engine-stuck-in-grass-patch-near-sengkang-hdb-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88354","title":{"rendered":"SCDF fire engine stuck in grass patch near Sengkang HDB block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is reviewing an incident where a fire engine got stuck in a grass verge near a Housing Board block in Sengkang on the <!-- -->afternoon of Sept 24<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a media reply, SCDF said that the incident occurred at about <!-- -->3.50pm<!-- --> that day, after firefighters completed routine checks on the fire safety provisions at <!-- -->Block 338A Anchorvale Crescent<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">As the fire engine was leaving the location, its rear wheels sank into the grass verge near the block, the force said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Its officers worked with a vehicle contractor to move the fire engine back onto firm ground, before driving it back to the fire station, SCDF added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SCDF said that it is reviewing the circumstances of the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Footage of the incident uploaded on TikTok shows the fire engine stuck in the grass patch. The video also shows the aftermath of the incident, where deep grooves can be seen in the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Sept 24 incident was not the first time a fire engine\u2019s wheels got stuck in the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On <!-- -->April 9, 2025<!-- -->, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/fire-engines-wheels-sink-into-accessway-in-tengah-estate-scdf-town-council-working-to-reinforce-path?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">a fire engine on a familiarisation trip in a Tengah HDB estate had its front wheels stuck<\/span><\/a> in the ground of an accessway meant for such vehicles. No one was injured in that incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SCDF then said that its officers worked with a vehicle contractor to recover the fire engine, before the crew drove it back to the station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The Straits Times has contacted the Sengkang Town Council for more information.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"responsive-iframe-base tiktok tiktok-embed\" title=\"tiktok embed\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7689439601248832775\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer;falseclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" loading=\"eager\" data-testid=\"responsiveIframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/scdf-fire-engine-stuck-in-grass-patch-near-hdb-block-in-sengkang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is reviewing an incident where a fire engine got stuck in a grass verge near a Housing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88355,"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-88354","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\/88354","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=88354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}