Update on 27 November 2022, 12:15 pm: A man and woman, both 78 years old, have died from their injuries.
Lately, rainy Singapore has ironically seen more fires breaking out. First, it was the one on Defu lane; now, there’s a new addition.
Fire Breaks Out in Sengkang Condo
In the wee hours of Sunday (27 November) morning, a fire broke out on the 14th floor of the Rivervale Crest condominium in Sengkang.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post that they were alerted to the location at around 1 am.
When they arrived, the “fire was raging inside,” and they “conducted forcible entry and penetrated into the smoke-logged unit to fight the fire.”
They said the fire involved the contents of the bedroom and was quickly extinguished with a water jet.
While fighting the fire, they found three unconscious persons in the unit and they were carried out of the unit and brought to the ground floor
The SCDF emergency medical service personnel performed CardioPulmonary Resuscitation on two of them. The two were then taken to Sengkang General Hospital.
The last person was immediately taken to Singapore General Hospital.
Meanwhile, the police evacuated about 150 persons from neighbouring units as a precautionary measure.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Fire Breaks Out on Defu Lane
Previously, it was mentioned that there was a fire on Defu Lane.
In fact, it happened just two days before this incident; here’s the news.
On Friday (25 November), a fire broke out in a vehicle workshop in Defu Lane.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted to the incident at 53 Defu Lane 12 at about 6:40 pm, and the fire was extinguished in an hour.
According to the SCDF, when they arrived, black smoke billowed from a vehicle workshop involving multiple vehicles parked within the premises.
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The estimated area of the fire was 10 metres by 10 metres.
Gauging the scenario, three water jets were deployed to contain the fire and prevent its spread to the neighbouring units along the lane.
As of Friday 9 pm, damping down operations has begun. Damping down refers to applying water to wet, burnt surfaces immediately after the fire is put out to prevent any potential fire from rekindling from the hot, burnt surfaces.
Simply put, it makes sure that the fire doesn’t happen again.
Fortunately, this incident saw no injuries, as all 20 members inside the workshop rushed out in time.
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Cause of The Defu Lane Fire
The Straits Times spoke with the director of the workshop, Mr Sim Seng Cheng, and it was found out that the cause of the fire was a motor explosion.
When one of the workers was spray-painting a van, a nearby grill-enclosed motor exploded, and the workers could not get close to it.
Some workers tried to put out the fire through the grill with a fire extinguisher but to no avail, while others quickly drove the existing vehicles out of the workshop to prevent the spread.
Nearby eyewitnesses from neighbouring units on the lane said that they saw people rushing out of the workshop while screaming, and they claimed that the flames reached higher than a three-storey building.
As for the company’s course of action, Mr Sim said they would be permanently relocating to another nearby workshop, at Block 8 Defu South Street.
“I don’t have any details on the compensation yet. But I’m just glad no one was hurt,” he said.
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“Life is more important than business. If someone has lost his life, I wouldn’t know how to tell his loved ones.”
It was truly fortunate that there were no casualties in this incident.
Hopefully, no more fires break out any time soon.
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