Fire incident at Jurong East shopping mall (JEM)

• QX179R

  19 Jul 16, 22:37

  Fire at Jem shopping mall, no reported injuries

  A fire broke out at Jurong East shopping mall JEM on Tuesday (July 19) evening.

  
  

  Mr Clinton Chen, who sent in photos and videos of the fire to The Straits Times, said the blaze broke out at basement one.

  
  

  The level was closed to the public and shoppers were told to evacuate the building.

  
  

  The Singapore Civil Defence Force said the fire has been extinguished. 

  
  

  The cause of the incident is still under investigation.

  
  

  No injuries were reported.

  
  

  Mr Chen said access to basement two and three, and level one and above have resumed, but many shops remained closed.

  
  

  -- ST
• QX179R

  19 Jul 16, 22:45

  Fire breaks out at Jem shopping mall; no injuries reported

  SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at the Burger King outlet at Jem mall on Tuesday night (Jul 19), resulting in shoppers and cinema-goers being evacuated from the mall. 

  
  

  The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post that the fire started at about 8.30pm at the fast food restaurant on the basement level of the Jurong East shopping mall. 

  
  

  After the fire alarm was activated, the management of Jem decided to initiate a phased evacuation as a precautionary measure, SCDF added. 

  
  

  The fire, which was confined to the kitchen of the restaurant, was extinguished by the sprinkler system prior to SCDF's arrival.

  
  

  There were no reported injuries and SCDF is investigating the cause of the fire, it said.
   

  
  

  - CNA/mz
• lentor1974

  19 Jul 16, 22:52

  What's new?

  JEM management should seriously consider hiring the leaders from the various religions to bless the mall.

  How many incidents already - including the one about the auntie insulting a disabled worker?