50 evacuated after HDB flat catches fire in Jalan Bahagia

The bedroom in the Jalan Bahagia flat affected by the fire. - SCDF/Facebook via ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: About 50 people were evacuated from a Housing & Development Board (HDB) block in Jalan Bahagia on Aug 9 after a fire broke out in a sixth-floor unit.

Firefighters responded to the fire at 34 Jalan Bahagia at around 9.30pm, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) just after midnight on Aug 10.