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Oct 17, 2008
Fire at Tampines shophouse
A fire broke out in a hardware shophouse in Block 513, Tampines Central 1 on Friday morning. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF SCDF
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A FIRE broke out in a hardware shophouse in Block 513, Tampines Central 1 on Friday morning. No one was reported in the 6.20 am blaze.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) put out the fire in 15 minutes, preventing it from spreading to the nearby pawnshop and MacDonalds fast food outlet.
 
 
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