One taken to hospital, about 80 evacuated after Circuit Road HDB flat fire
A 70-year-old man died following a fire in a ninth-floor HDB flat at Circuit Road in Singapore. Approximately 80 residents were evacuated as a precaution while firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the ongoing fire safety risks in high-density public housing and the importance of rapid emergency response.
An SCDF emergency vehicle at Block 39 Circuit Road. When firefighters arrived at the scene, black smoke was coming out from the living room of a unit on the ninth floor.
Listen SINGAPORE – A 70-year-old man has died after a fire broke out in an HDB flat in MacPherson in the early morning of July 28.
About 80 residents from the affected block were evacuated as a precaution, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in a Facebook post on the same day.
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