Fire in Tuas building storing chemicals briefly disrupts MRT services in area


The SCDF was alerted at about 2am to the blaze, which covered an area of roughly a football field, at 11 Tuas Link 1. - SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A fire at an industrial building storing chemicals in Tuas was brought under control by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) on Wednesday (July 5) morning.

It was alerted at about 2am to the blaze, which covered an area of roughly a football field, at 11 Tuas Link 1. It dispatched 30 emergency vehicles and about 100 firefighters from two stations and a special rescue unit.

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