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SINGAPORE \u2013 A lorry burst into flames in Race Course Road in the wee hours of Oct 4, sparking a minor commotion but causing no reported injuries.<\/p>\n
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident at 2.15am.<\/p>\n
The fire, which involved the engine compartment, was put out with a water jet and a hose reel, the SCDF said in response to queries.<\/p>\n
At least one resident in the area was woken by the predawn commotion.<\/p>\n
A 33-year-old resident living at Block 684 Race Course Road, who gave his name as Wong, said he heard a loud bang at around 2.24am, followed by the blare of sirens and car horns.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I looked out of my window, I saw the lorry on fire,\u201d Wong told The Straits Times, adding that no one appeared to be near the burning vehicle at the time.<\/p>\n
He noted that another fire had occurred at the same block in August.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Wong said he later saw the charred lorry parked at the same spot at 3.11pm.<\/p>\n The cause of the fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n Vehicle fires accounted for the largest category of fires in non-building premises here in 2025, despite the SCDF recording a 12.3% drop to 193 cases from the previous year.<\/p>\n According to the SCDF, such fires are mainly caused by ignition sources, such as overheating and electrical faults within the engine compartment.<\/p>\n Vehicle owners are advised to service their vehicles regularly at authorised workshops to ensure electrical, engine and fuel systems are inspected for defects.<\/p>\n Drivers should also check for fluid leakages before setting off and avoid making unauthorised modifications to their vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 A lorry burst into flames in Race Course Road in the wee hours of Oct 4, sparking a minor commotion but causing no…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90264,"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-90263","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\/90263","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=90263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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