Fire at People's Park Complex

• QX179R

  21 Apr 10, 16:43

  A fire has broken out at People's Park Complex at Chinatown.

  Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force are currently at the scene. 
  
  Eyewitnesses told MediaCorp they spotted the blaze at close to 4p.m, engulfing the 4th and 5th floors of the building. 
  
  People have been evacuated. 
  
  It's not yet known if there are injuries. 
  
  Police have cordoned off the area. 
  
  More details later...

  -- 938Live

• QX179R

  21 Apr 10, 17:12

  update:  Eu Tong Seng Street is closed to traffic & only buses are being allowed through..

• Melderleine

  21 Apr 10, 17:38

  Thxs for posting this info. Having a family staying at People's park and worried wht is the update?

• QX179R

  21 Apr 10, 17:47

  updates:

  • blaze has been brought under control
  • fire was contained to a storeroom on the 5th floor
  • no reports of injuries so far
  • shoppers & retailers from the 1st to 6th floor were immediately evacuated
  • residential block is unaffected
• Melderleine

  21 Apr 10, 17:57

  Thank god! Thank you again for the updates.  Where it actually started from? I heard it's from one of the shop on 2nd flr?

• QX179R

  21 Apr 10, 17:58

  Originally posted by Melderleine:

  Thank god! Thank you again for the updates.  Where it actually started from? I heard it's from one of the shop on 2nd flr?

  kindly refer to the update above, 2nd point..

• HKFS88

  21 Apr 10, 22:44

   

   

  Was at Chinatown this evening @8pm and still on site ( Packing to leave ) is:

  PL112

  LF111

  CPL111

  DCT131

• TTFU

  21 Apr 10, 22:46

  Relax lah, one store burned nia, fire never even spread out.............

• HKFS88

  21 Apr 10, 22:51

   

  Lucky fire never spread...if not, we can say BYE to this old complex...Kudos to SCDF once again!!

• QX179R

  21 Apr 10, 23:02

  Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was alerted of the fire at about 3.30pm.

  Two fire engines, two Red Rhino fire trucks, three support vehicles and an ambulance were deployed.

• TTFU

  21 Apr 10, 23:04

  Inside so crowded and so many people. No wonder will have fire....

• QX179R

  21 Apr 10, 23:10

  Originally posted by TTFU:

  Inside so crowded and so many people. No wonder will have fire....

  a fire will not be caused because of overcrowding..

  to start a fire, 3 factors must be present..

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  22 Apr 10, 08:54

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  a fire will not be caused because of overcrowding..

  to start a fire, 3 factors must be present..

  
  

  

• QX179R

  22 Apr 10, 12:09

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  
  

  

  it's the fact, for a fire to start there must be 3 factors present..

• QX179R

  22 Apr 10, 12:10

  press release from scdf:

  http://www.scdf.gov.sg/General/News/News_Releases/2010/newsrel_210410.html

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  22 Apr 10, 13:52

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  it's the fact, for a fire to start there must be 3 factors present..

  
  I know... But I didn't think u'll remember wat u study in BRTC...

• QX179R

  22 Apr 10, 13:55

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  
  I know... But I didn't think u'll remember wat u study in BRTC...

  abit still can..
  but I love to save lives more..

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  22 Apr 10, 13:58

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  abit still can..
  but I love to save lives more..

  
  Yeah but the current system is terrible...

  For years, I haven seen anyone fail PSCT... now recently got ppl fail... not just 1... but a few >___>

  not funny ah...

   

  OH YA~ btw, just asking... are u a regular?

• QX179R

  22 Apr 10, 14:30

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  
  Yeah but the current system is terrible...

  For years, I haven seen anyone fail PSCT... now recently got ppl fail... not just 1... but a few >___>

  not funny ah...

   

  OH YA~ btw, just asking... are u a regular?

  nope, I'm not a regular..

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  22 Apr 10, 14:32

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  nope, I'm not a regular..

  
  ahhh... okay...

  CDAU?

• QX179R

  22 Apr 10, 14:34

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  
  ahhh... okay...

  CDAU?

  nope as well..

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  22 Apr 10, 14:35

  ahhh.. okay~

• QX179R

  22 Apr 10, 14:38

  Aftermath of People's Park Complex fire leaves tenants fuming

  SINGAPORE : Several shop owners and tenants of People's Park Complex are fuming in the aftermath of Wednesday's fire.

  Water used to put out the fire is now dripping from the ceilings of the third and fourth floors leaving shop owners directly below the scene angry.
  
  They said the building management is not doing enough to help them.
  
  The building management has declined comment.
  
  The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted to the fire at about 3.30pm on Wednesday.
  
  Firefighters put the blaze under control in about 45 minutes.
  
  It was contained in a storeroom on the fifth floor
  
  No one was injured in the incident.
  
  - CNA/il

• HKFS88

  22 Apr 10, 15:32

   

   

  FIV on site today.

• noahnoah

  22 Apr 10, 15:37

   

  tis peoplar park complex is so old

  Look like a rundown mall

  no major upgrading being done at all

  ONLY PRC will go shop in tis mall