Two taken to hospital, 150 evacuated after fire breaks out at Great World Serviced Apartments


The kitchen was damaged by the fire, and the rest of the unit suffered heat and soot damage. - SCDF/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE: Two people were taken to hospital and 150 others evacuated from their homes after a fire broke out at Great World Serviced Apartments in River Valley on Wednesday (Aug 21).

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post that it was alerted to the fire in an 18th floor unit at 4.50pm, which its firefighters extinguished using a water jet.

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