{"id":97552,"date":"2026-11-04T18:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97552"},"modified":"2026-11-04T18:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:04:27","slug":"bmw-car-catches-fire-on-orchard-road-near-istana-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=97552","title":{"rendered":"BMW car catches fire on Orchard Road near Istana , Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A BMW car caught fire along the busy Orchard Road on Tuesday (Nov 3) morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at about 11.05am outside Concorde Hotel Singapore, just before Istana.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A video posted on social media shows the thick greyish smoke emitting from the engine area, while another video shows two fire engines near the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>In response to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) stated that the fire involved the engine compartment of the car.<\/p>\n<p>It added that firefighters extinguished the fire using a water jet.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported in the incident, and the cause of fire is under investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"578\" width=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/player\/v1\/7703995321214389511?embed_from=webapp_share&amp;music_info=1&amp;description=1&amp;autoplay=1&amp;muted=1\" title=\"SCDF said the fire involved the car\u2019s engine compartment. It was extinguished using a water jet. #Sgnews #Singapore #Fire\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2025, a total of 528 fire calls were at non-building premises. Of these, 193 cases were vehicle fires.<\/p>\n<p>According to SCDF, the primary cause of vehicle fires in Singapore is due to ignition causes, such as overheating and electrical faults within the engine compartment.<\/p>\n<p>Vehicle owners are advised to regularly service their vehicles at the recommended manufacturer intervals, and should also check for defects in the vehicle&#8217;s electrical, engine and fuel systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:749871]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/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.asiaone.com\/singapore\/orchard-road-istana-bmw-car-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A BMW car caught fire along the busy Orchard Road on Tuesday (Nov 3) morning.\u00a0 The incident happened at about 11.05am outside Concorde Hotel Singapore,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97553,"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-97552","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\/97552","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=97552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}