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Video: Raging fire at Woodlands HDB, 50 people evacuated from block

Obbana Rajah
By Obbana Rajah

Singapore — Monday (Feb 7) saw a fire “raging in the bedroom of a unit” on the 14th floor of a Woodlands HDB block.

In a Facebook post, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said that it was alerted to a fire at Block 688F Woodlands Drive 75 at about 1:25 pm this afternoon. They added that firefighters conducted forcible entry into the unit and extinguished the fire with one water jet.

There were no reported injuries.

Photos uploaded by the SCDF showed a charred unit covered in soot.

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Videos of the fire uploaded onto TikTok @sgxiaohujun showed the blaze engulfing the windows and thick smoke billowing upwards. The windowpanes were also seen shattering and falling to the ground.

The SCDF confirmed this in their post, saying that the blaze had caused the bedroom’s windowpanes to shatter and fall to the ground.

It added that the cause of the fire is under investigation.

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