One taken to hospital, about 50 people evacuated after HDB flat in Tanjong Pagar catches fire

The fire involved the contents of a bedroom in a fifth-floor unit, and was extinguished by a water jet. - SGFOLLOWSALL/INSTAGRAM

SINGAPORE (The Straits TImes/Asia News Network): One person was taken to the hospital, and about 50 people were evacuated after a fire broke out in a Housing Board flat in Tanjong Pagar on Friday (June 30) afternoon.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at Block 4 Tanjong Pagar Plaza at about 2.15pm.