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.

When officers arrived, black smoke was emitting from the unit, the SCDF said in a Facebook post on Dec 9.

Two of the flat’s residents had left the unit before SCDF arrived and were subsequently checked by a paramedic for smoke inhalation. They declined to be taken to hospital.

The fire involved the contents of a bedroom, SCDF said, adding that the cause is under investigation. - The Straits Times/ANN