Residents evacuated after fire linked to a power-assisted bicycle breaks out in Telok Blangah HDB flat in Singapore

Some 20 people were evacuated from Block 108 Bukit Purmei Road after a fire broke out in a sixth-floor flat. -- PHOTOS: SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Some 20 people were evacuated from an HDB block in Telok Blangah after a fire involving a power-assisted bicycle (PAB) broke out on the afternoon of Jan 3.

In a Facebook post on Jan 3, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to a fire at Block 108 Bukit Purmei Road at around 1.20pm.