SINGAPORE: Eight people were injured in an early morning fire at a flat at Tah Ching Road in Jurong.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call at 4.30am about the fire at Block 337B.
The fire was confined to the living room of the affected unit on the 15th floor.
SCDF
said the unit's six occupants had self-evacuated by the time SCDF
personnel arrived on the scene. The other two are neighbours.
The fire was put out within eight minutes.
Twenty other residents in the block had also evacuated the building.
Five of those injured sustained burns to various parts of their bodies.
Three suffered smoke inhalation.
Two of eight individuals suffered both burns and smoke inhalation.
All eight were sent to hospital.
Four of the injured who were sent to Singapore General Hospital are in stable condition.
Two are in ICU while the other two are in the high dependency ward.
As
for the other four casualties who were sent to National University
Hospital, two are in stable condition in the high dependency ward.
Another is in the normal ward while a fourth person is expected to be
discharged on Sunday.
The casualties are aged between 24 and 90 years.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
- CNA/wk/ck
SCDF was alerted to a case of fire at Blk 337B Tah Ching Road at 0430hrs on 20 May 2012. SCDF resources which included 2 Fire Engines, 1 Supporting Vehicle and 3 Ambulances were immediately dispatched to the incident site.
Upon the arrival of SCDF resources, the fire was seen from the unit and the occupants had self-evacuated. The fire was confined to the living room of the affected unit. Donning breathing apparatus sets, SCDF firefighters extinguished the fire within 8 minutes with one water jet. Approximately 20 other occupants of the block had also been evacuated.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.