The SCDF said it was alerted to a fire at an 11th-floor unit at Block 89 Redhill Close at about 8.20pm on Dec 28. - LIANHE ZAOBAO
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Two people were taken to hospital and about 30 residents were evacuated after a flat in Redhill Close caught fire on Wednesday (Dec 28) night.
Preliminary investigation indicated that the fire had originated from a lit item in the living room.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to a fire at a unit on the 11th floor of Block 89 Redhill Close at about 8.20pm.
Contents in a corner of the living room had caught fire, and the blaze was extinguished by firefighters using a compressed air foam backpack.
The SCDF urged members of the public not to leave lit materials, such as cigarette butts, candles, tealights and lighted incense sticks, unattended.
