SINGAPORE: A woman has been taken to hospital after a fire broke out at 16 Jalan Mesin, in MacPherson on Friday morning (Dec 21).
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it responded to the incident at about 9.20am.
“Upon SCDF’s arrival, the fire was well alight at the ground floor of a building. SCDF is currently at work with six water jets,” it said in a Facebook post.
SCDF putting out the fire at 16 Jalan Mesin on Friday (Dec 21). (Photo: Facebook/SCDF)
Photos and videos sent in by Channel NewsAsia reader Raymond Wee showed plumes of thick black smoke billowing from the scene. “We took notice (to the fire) due to a loud explosion around 9.30am,” he said, adding that there were two other explosions.
In an update on Facebook at 10.51am, SCDF said, the fire was “under control” and that it was confined to a storage area on the ground floor of the three-storey building.
Channel NewsAsia Khyree Adriel Tan said the fire appeared to be put out by about 10.30am, adding that there was still a burning smell in the Circuit Road area at the time.
Twitter user @owais_zahid also posted video of the smoke.
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