20170508 15 residents evacuated after fire breaks out in 7th-floor flat in Ubi
Singapore May 08 2017 “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 1 to 9
15 residents evacuated after fire breaks out in 7th-floor flat in Ubi
Updated: 2017-05-08 14:03
SINGAPORE – Some 15 residents were evacuated after a fire broke out in a HDB flat in Ubi on Monday (May 8) morning.
The fire involved the contents of a bedroom and was extinguished using a water jet, said a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman.
SCDF were alerted to the fire at Block 338, Ubi Avenue 1, at around 11.20am.
The seventh-floor unit’s three occupants self-evacuated, while SCDF and the police worked together to evacuate another 15 people from neighbouring units as a safety precaution.
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A woman in her 70s suffered from smoke inhalation and was taken to Singapore General Hospital, the spokesman added.
Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin, an MP for Marine Parade GRC, said in a Facebook post that he was glad to hear that the authorities responded quickly to the fire.
Mr Tan added that the Residents’ Committee (RC) chairman and social team made a visit to check on residents and to open up the RC for residents’ use.
SCDF dispatched two fire engines, a Red Rhino, two fire bikes, an ambulance and a support vehicle to the scene.
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