Fire on the streets, mala in your sheets: Incomplete coffee shop exhaust duct leaves Serangoon residents fuming

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Residents in this Serangoon HDB block can't seem to catch a break it seems. Earlier this month, the street-level coffee shop below their four-storey block caught fire, one which involved the kitchen exhaust duct belonging to the coffee shop. About 20 people self-evacuated and one person was taken to the hospital because of the incident on May 14. Now, residents...

Zhining, a resident of block 261 Serangoon Central, complained on Facebook that a half-built kitchen exhaust duct was spewing dirty air into residents' homes.Earlier this month, the street-level coffee shop below their four-storey block caught fire, one which involved the kitchen exhaust duct belonging to the coffee shop.

Now, residents in that block are faced with a new foe: Mala fumes pumped into their homes from a half-built kitchen exhaust duct, presumably to replace the one damaged in the fire. "The gas and smoke travel upwards — into our units and on our laundry," Zhining complained. "[We] can't even hang the laundry out because it will be filled with the smell."

 

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