Firefighters are presently putting out a massive blaze that fully engulfed a residential private property at 82 Sing Avenue, this evening.
A video capturing the incident, that was posted on social media by eyewitness Abul Kalam Azad, shows that the police were also deployed to the scene. A large crowd can be seen in the video gathered near the police vehicle, watching as the fire roars and reaches great height:
https://www.facebook.com/100007896519037/videos/2081215402151657/
Other eyewitnesses shared more footage from the scene:
https://www.facebook.com/annelise.chew/posts/10215258191955721
Massive fire in (I think) Little India, Singapore – just saw it from our hotel room. Lots of emergency vehicles there now, hoping no one is hurt pic.twitter.com/h7qRSt7K3s
— Lizzie Dickens (née Davis) (@lizidavis) July 6, 2018
Others from the scene reported that a “burning smell” lingered in the air as the atmosphere filled with thick smoke.
The SCDF has said that efforts to control the fire are ongoing:
https://www.facebook.com/SCDFpage/videos/10155329583225583/