An SCDF spokesperson said:
"The SCDF received a
call at 3.24pm, informing us of a fire in the master bedroom of a flat
on the seventh floor of Block 288F, Bukit batok Street 25.
"One fire engine, one red rhino, one ambulance and one support vehicle were sent to the location.
"SCDF personnel used two water jets to extinguish the fire.
"A 60-year-old Chinese man suffered 2nd-degree burns, and was conveyed to NUH.
"He was in a stable and alert condition."