20230717 Fire breaks out in Serangoon flat, likely due to electrical issue
Singapore Jul 17 2023 “Apartment houses” “Building”
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Fire breaks out in Serangoon flat, likely due to electrical issue
Updated: 2023-07-17
Upon SCDF’s arrival, the fire was raging in a bedroom of a unit on the seventh storey. PHOTO: SCDF/FACEBOOK
SINGAPORE – A fire that broke out in a Housing Board flat in Serangoon on Sunday evening was likely to have been caused by an electrical issue in a bedroom, according to preliminary investigations by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
No one was inside the unit at the time, but firefighters rescued a cat they found in the living room.
In a Facebook post on Sunday night, SCDF said it was alerted to the fire at Block 243, Serangoon Avenue 2 at 6.10pm.
Upon SCDF’s arrival, the fire was raging in a bedroom of a unit on the seventh storey. Firefighters extinguished the blaze using a water jet and compressed air foam backpack.
Eight residents from neighbouring units were evacuated, it said.
Web Source: The Straits Times