SINGAPORE (ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES) – Approximately 50 firefighters spent nearly two hours extinguishing a fire that erupted in the early hours of July 23 at a warehouse in Seletar.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) reported that it received an alert about the fire at 21 Seletar West Farmway 1 around 2.35 am, as detailed in a Facebook post later that day.
The blaze involved a single-storey warehouse, approximately 30 metres by 20 metres in size, which housed an office and scaffolding material.
It was extinguished with three water jets and an unmanned firefighting machine. Ten emergency vehicles were also deployed to fight the fire.
No injuries were reported, said SCDF, adding that it was dampening down the affected area.
Damping down, which is the application of water to wet burnt surfaces immediately after a fire has been put out, is carried out to ensure that deep-seated embers are fully extinguished to prevent any rekindling of the fire.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
