About 100 people were evacuated and one person was injured when an explosion blew open a section of the building at the Audi service centre in Ubi on Tuesday morning. The injured person was hurt in a fall, and was taken to Raffles Hospital, said the Singapore Civil Defence...
A facilities manager at Crocodile House located in the building next to the service centre said he heard a big explosion when he was in his seventh-storey office.
The 57-year-old manager, who wanted to be known only as Mr Kumar, said: “The explosion shook the whole building and the stacked boxes in the office fell over. “I went outside and saw the wall collapsed with glass shards shattered all around. There was smoke coming from one of the tanks. Even my friend in the neighbouring Yi Guang building said he felt the building shake.”
Audi, in a Facebook post on Tuesday, said the UBI 55 commercial building will be closed temporarily while investigations continue. It added that Audi Singapore is working with the authorities to identify the cause of the explosion.The Straits Times has contacted the Building and Construction Authority for more information.
Announcement: On Tuesday, 7 March 2023, an explosion at Audi Service Centre at 55 Ubi Road 1 resulted in a section of...
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