Tag Archives: Fire

Saw this construction materials that was put at the fire engine accessway infront Blk 180C rivervale Crescent before circuit breaker. In the event of fire outbreak, not sure if fire engine is able to access as the materials are obstructing its access.

On Good Friday, a fire swept through a 10th-floor HDB flat in Sengkang belonging to a single mother and her 3 children. The fire damaged the entire master bedroom, toilets, and sewerage pipes, as well as part of the living room. Her upstairs neighbour's toilet was also damaged and she might have to pay for those damages. To help her out, the Restaurant & Bar Hoteliers Alliance (RBHA) came together to raise funds for this poor family during this time of need.

Now is this not putting the blame somewhere else and refusing to take responsibility? We know that if this happened in a WP ward, the MPs there would definitely be taken to task and be accused of not doing their duty to ensure resident's safety, even though the problem lies with Town Council staff. What about Murali then? Would he be let off without a single admonishment?

SCDF said they responded to a fire in a fifth-floor unit of Block 158 Yung Loh Road at about 7.45pm and put out the fire with a water jet. Of the four people taken to hospital, this include a woman who had to be rescued from a kitchen ledge by firefighters. She had apparently been on the ledge hanging on for dear life for about 20 minutes. Her neighbours saw her on the ledge, and notified the SCDF officers immediately.

Based on preliminary investigations, the fire was started by a PMD that was placed in the kitchen. It was not known if the PMD was in the process of having been charged when the fire broke out.

The Bukit Batok fire that took place on Thursday night at an HDB unit has claimed a life. 41 year old Mr Goh Keng Soon, who was initially rescued by SCDF officers when the fire broke out in his flat, succumbed to his injuries on Saturday morning. He had third degree burns on 40% of his body and died at SGH.

A fire broke out late on Wednesday night at Geylang, engulfing two shophouses in the process. The fire first broke out at the building at Geylang Lorong 14, at about 8:35pm, and the fire was so huge that twelve emergency vehicles and 70 firefighters were deployed to the scene, The area was also cordoned off by the police to facilitate the firefighting.

Rizal and Yati, whose house caught fire at Woodlands just last month, is appealing for donations to rebuild their house as their fire insurance only covers very basic infrastructure.

3 cars were damaged in a fire this morning at a Toa Payoh carpark as a man was trying to charge his car batteries with jumper cables. Thankfully, nobody was injured.

A prime mover was reported to have caught fire on Thursday evening, resulting in a massive jam at Whitley Road and Dunearn Road. It was understood that the brakes of the lorry was faulty, which caused friction with the tyres, and in turn causing the fire.