The fire involved the household shelter and kitchen of the affected unit, which was unoccupied at the time.
SINGAPORE - About 50 people were evacuated and one person was taken to the hospital after a fire broke out in a unit of a Woodlands executive condominium development.
In a Facebook post on Oct 24, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to the blaze at 48 Woodlands Drive 16 at around 1.25pm. Forestville, a 653-unit development, is located at this address, according to checks online. No one was in the 10th-floor unit, and firefighters extinguished the fire in the household shelter and kitchen there with a water jet.
A reel posted on Chinese-language news platform Lianhe Zaobao’s Facebook page shows thick plumes of smoke billowing from the unit.One person was assessed for smoke inhalation and taken to Woodlands Health Campus. It was likely that the blaze was caused by an electric fire in the shelter, said SCDF, based on preliminary investigations.To prevent electrical fires, SCDF advised the public not to overload power sockets, and to use appliances and plugs with the Safety Mark, among other things. Earlier today at about 1:25pm, SCDF was alerted to a fire at the abovementioned...
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