50 people evacuated after fire breaks out in Tampines flat


Firefighters extinguishing the fire with a water jet. - SCDF/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE: About 50 people were evacuated from a Housing Board block in Tampines after a fire broke out on Monday morning (Dec 9).

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted to the fire at a unit on the 13th floor of Block 889A Tampines Street 81 at about 6.40am.

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