On Sunday morning, a fire broke out in a Tampines flat, sending five individuals to the hospital. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted to the fire at Block 645B Tampines Street 62 at 8.35am. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished using a hosereel, and five people had already evacuated the affected and neighboring units before SCDF arrived. Four of them were taken to Singapore General Hospital and one to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
The fire was found to have originated from the contents of a bedroom on the 13th floor, and preliminary investigations suggest it was caused by an electrical fault. According to Chinese newspaper Shin Min Daily News, the occupant and her two-year-old daughter were asleep in the master bedroom when they were awakened by the fire alarm. Despite the black smoke engulfing the flat, they were able to escape by running out of the apartment.
