Car catches fire in HDB Hub carpark; 20 people evacuated, none injured

SINGAPORE- A carpark at Toa Payoh's HDB Hub was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after a minor fire broke out.

The engine compartment of a sedan car caught fire at the basement one carpark of the HDB Hub in Toa Payoh at about 1.30pm on Tuesday afternoon. Twenty people were evacuated from the scene.

The fire was extinguished shortly after by SCDF staff using two fire extinguishers and one hosereel jet.

None were injured and the cause of fire is under investigation, SCDF said.

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