SINGAPORE: A man was injured after a fire broke out in a shophouse at Aliwal Street, near Beach Road, at 3.25pm on Thursday.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said upon arrival to the scene, its officers found the second level of the shophouse on fire.
It took them some 15 minutes to extinguish the blaze.
It added that the man, in his 40s, suffered burns to his hands and was sent to the Singapore General Hospital.
- CNA/de