'Avoid this area': SCDF firefighters battling blaze in Tuas South warehouse

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SINGAPORE - Firefighters from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) are currently battling a fire at a warehouse at 28 Tuas South Avenue 8. In a Facebook post on Monday, SCDF said it was alerted to the fire at about 6.15pm and that, upon arrival, the fire was raging inside the warehouse. The warehouse is connected to an industrial building,...

SCDF firefighters are fighting the fire with six water jets and an unmanned firefighting machine. PHOTO: SCDF/FACEBOOK

In a Facebook post on Monday, SCDF said it was alerted to the fire at about 6.15pm and that, upon arrival, the fire was raging inside the warehouse.It added that firefighters are fighting the fire with six water jets and an unmanned firefighting machine. Migrant workers staying in the nearby dormitories said they detected an acrid smell from about 6.30pm.

A video of the fire that he took at about 7.30pm showed thick black smoke billowing from the compound.

 

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