Fire extinguisher bursts, smashes through glass facade of Singapore skyscraper's 23rd floor


The fire extinguisher smashed through the glass facade of the Gateway West building. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A fire extinguisher burst and shot out of the 23rd storey of a skyscraper on Beach Road on Tuesday morning (Aug 10). It smashed through the glass facade of The Gateway West building as it did so.

The projectile is believed to have hurtled downwards and ricocheted off the ground floor courtyard, crashing into the glass panels on the first storey of the opposite building, The Gateway East. The buildings are about 50m apart.

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