ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – A fire broke out at a three-storey shophouse in Geylang, Singapore yesterday morning, causing the evacuation of over 30 occupants from nearby shophouses.
Videos shared on social media captured thick smoke billowing from the shophouse, leaving its roof-top charred.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post that it was alerted at about 7.30am.
Upon SCDF’s arrival at 61 Lorong 27 Geylang, the fire was raging on the third floor of the shophouse.
The blaze had burned through the roof and was spreading to the adjacent unit through the rooftop. Twelve emergency vehicles and 50 firefighters were deployed on-site.
At the height of the firefighting operation, four water jets were used to bring the fire under control.
The police and SCDF ordered 30 occupants from the neighbouring shophouses to evacuate.
The fire was fully extinguished within an hour. No injuries were reported.
The damping down operation, which refers to the application of water to wet burnt surfaces immediately after a fire is put out to prevent any potential rekindle of flames from the hot burnt surfaces, is ongoing.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
