ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – Three people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out in a Singapore flat yesterday morning.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at Block 443C Fernvale Road at 6.20am.
Three people from the affected unit were rescued by firefighters and taken to Singapore General Hospital for smoke inhalation, said the SCDF, adding that three others from a neighbouring unit were also evacuated as a precautionary measure. About 50 other residents from the block had self-evacuated prior to SCDF’s arrival.
The fire, which involved the contents of the living room of the fourth-storey flat, was extinguished using a water jet, said SCDF.
“Preliminary investigations indicate that the fire had likely originated from the battery pack of a personal mobility device (PMD), which was charging in the living room,” it added.
