Fire destroys 4 traditional shophouses
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Sunday December 17, 6:17 PM
Fire destroys 4 traditional shophouses at Sultan Gate in Kampong Glam
SINGAPORE: A fire broke out on Saturday night at Sultan Gate in Kampong Glam, destroying four traditional shophouses.
It also threatened to spread to nearby popular food and beverage outlets.
Fire fighters arrived at the scene five minutes after they received the call at 9.45pm.
Of the four shophouses ablaze, one was a rubber shoe shop, another was a blacksmith shop and two were vacant units.
Major Vincent Lim, Ground Commander, Singapore Civil Defence Force, says: "Because this is a shophouse fire, the risk is that the fire will spread through the roof to the other units. We saw the fire was already spreading through the roof so our first priority was to prevent it from spreading further, to surround the fire, and contain it."
This was a dangerous operation for the fire fighters as the flooring of the shophouses was made of wood and was likely to collapse when fire fighters entered to put out the fire.
Eyewitnesses say the fire originated from the second floor of this blacksmith shop.
The traditional blacksmith shop is one of the oldest of its kind in Singapore, and students used to often go there for education tours. Unfortunately, there is nothing left of it now except charred wood.
Tony Seow, Tenant of burnt shophouse, says: "There's a lot of sparks maybe because of the metal work and the wood, and there's a cylinder in there. Sparks is what we were worried about because of the possibility of an explosion or something like that."
Tony had just rented one of the vacant shophouses which were ablaze. Fortunately, there's nothing inside the shop except chairs and some documents.
The fire was in control under 20 minutes and there were no casualties.
What is sad is the fact that some of Singapore's traditional shophouses were destroyed. - CNA/so -
I guess I might be going down tomorrow then, to catch the ruins before they are demolished.
Anyone heard of the CK Tangs fire at 2000hrs tonight? One BAT and snorkel type aerial was deployed, saw them along Orchard Boleuvard. -
That's terrible. The blacksmith's shop is very quaint.
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Vehicles that are at CK Tangs FireOriginally posted by jetabt767400:I guess I might be going down tomorrow then, to catch the ruins before they are demolished.
Anyone heard of the CK Tangs fire at 2000hrs tonight? One BAT and snorkel type aerial was deployed, saw them along Orchard Boleuvard.
- Breathing Apparatus Tender (BAT 111) - YL4599D
- Pump Ladder (PL 111) - YJ9680D
- Red Rhino (LF 111) - Rego unknown.
- Combined Platform Ladder (CPL 111) - XB7030Y
- Inspection Vehicle of OC, Central FS (Subaru Impreza) - QX5147A
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ps: SCDF didn't buy Snorkel due to some techincal reason (incl. Height),
these are the fre Aerial Ladders they have in SCDF*
*Stationed in Fire Stations
15 Combined Platform Ladders (32m)
1 Aerial Ladder (52m) - AL 111, XB6955K (@ Central FS)
2 Combined Platform Ladder (53m) - XB9371A & XB9381X -
i'm wondering, What is Maj Lim doing there...
isn't that location under Central FS?
hmm...next time i'll ask him how long he takes to travel for Clementi FS to Kg Glam. -
Oh I see, haha, I guess I am pretty new to this too, haha...Originally posted by QX5216J:Vehicles that are at CK Tangs Fire
- Breathing Apparatus Tender (BAT 111) - YL4599D
- Pump Ladder (PL 111) - YJ9680D
- Red Rhino (LF 111) - Rego unknown.
- Combined Platform Ladder (CPL 111) - XB7030Y
- Inspection Vehicle of OC, Central FS (Subaru Impreza) - QX5147A
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ps: SCDF didn't buy Snorkel due to some techincal reason (incl. Height),
these are the fre Aerial Ladders they have in SCDF*
*Stationed in Fire Stations
15 Combined Platform Ladders (32m)
1 Aerial Ladder (52m) - AL 111, XB6955K (@ Central FS)
2 Combined Platform Ladder (53m) - XB9371A & XB9381X
So it does not extend up like a snorkel type do, hmm...
Plus, 52m is really I giant... Haha... Thanks for the info
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ur welcome.Originally posted by jetabt767400:Oh I see, haha, I guess I am pretty new to this too, haha...
So it does not extend up like a snorkel type do, hmm...
Plus, 52m is really I giant... Haha... Thanks for the info
if you want to see the AL 52m, its at Central FS. the one and only AL 52m in Singapore. (pls dun go to SCDF Webpage for info, they never update.)
last snorkel was retired in the late 80's, which the Singapore Fire Brigade (now SCDF) had replaced it with the Bronto Skylift (or CPL 32m). its now at Mandai Training Villiage (MTV)