E-bike catches fire outside Bedok South flat, causing 50 residents to evacuate

The fire at 38 Bedok South Road involved a power-assisted bicycle in a fifth-floor corridor. - SCREENGRAB FROM SHOPWITHLALA4/TIKTOK

SINGAPORE: An electric bicycle burst into flames on the fifth floor of a Housing Board block in Bedok, leaving the walls and corridor charred and blackened.

The incident, which occurred on May 25 around 11.45pm, caused about 50 residents to evacuate their homes before firefighters arrived.