{"id":97512,"date":"2026-11-04T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97512"},"modified":"2026-11-04T13:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:58:02","slug":"kinokuniya-temporarily-closes-takashimaya-outlet-after-locker-room-fire-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97512","title":{"rendered":"Kinokuniya temporarily closes Takashimaya outlet after locker room fire, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bookstore chain Kinokuniya&#8217;s flagship outlet at Takashimaya Shopping Centre in Orchard was temporarily closed for several hours on Monday (Nov 2) after a fire broke out in a locker room.<\/p>\n<p>In response to queries from AsiaOne, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to a fire at 391A Orchard Road at about 2.55pm.<\/p>\n<p>The fire involved personal items in a locker room in a fourth-floor unit. SCDF officers extinguished the flames using a fire extinguisher.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation, SCDF said.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Straits Times, Kinokuniya announced on Facebook at about 4.20pm on the same day that its Takashimaya outlet, its flagship store in Singapore, would be closed due to &#8220;unforeseen circumstances&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent Facebook post at about 6.30pm announced that operations at the outlet had resumed, The Straits Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>Online checks by AsiaOne found that the Facebook posts were no longer available by the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>AsiaOne has contacted Kinokuniya for more information on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:749690]]<\/p>\n<p>helmy.saat@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/kinokuniya-takashimaya-flagship-store-locker-room-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bookstore chain Kinokuniya&#8217;s flagship outlet at Takashimaya Shopping Centre in Orchard was temporarily closed for several hours on Monday (Nov 2) after a fire broke&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97513,"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-97512","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\/97512","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=97512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}