Eight suffer burn injuries after fire in Singapore's Tuas industrial building

The SCDF said it responded to the fire at No. 32E Tuas Avenue 11 at about 11.25am. - SCDF/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Eight people were taken to the Singapore General Hospital for burn injuries following a fire at an industrial building in Tuas on Wednesday (Feb 24).

In a statement posted on Facebook, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that about 65 others in the vicinity of the blaze had evacuated prior to the arrival of firefighters.