130 residents evacuated after fire breaks out in a HDB flat in Hougang on Sunday night

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About 130 residents were evacuated from a Housing Board block in Hougang by the police after a fire broke out in a bedroom of a fourth-floor unit there on Sunday night. Residents who were affected told Shin Min Daily News that they heard glass shattering and also detected a...

It added that the rest of the unit sustained heat and soot damages due to the fire in the bedroom, which preliminary investigations indicated to be of electrical origin.

While there were no casualties, an SCDF paramedic assessed two people from the affected unit and another two from a neighbouring unit for smoke inhalation. However, they refused to be taken to hospital, SCDF said. The public should adopt good practices such as not overloading electrical outlets with electrical appliances and switching off appliances when they are not in use, SCDF said in the post. Using faulty appliances with frayed wires or cracked cords is also discouraged.The categories of appliances can be found at

[Fire @ Block 603 Hougang Ave 4] At about 8:55 p.m. today , SCDF was alerted to a fire at the above...

 

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