Fire at self-storage facility in Toa Payoh Lorong 4

The fire had occurred in three storage units on the building's sixth floor. PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO
SCDF vehicles parked outside the building. PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO
Police officers at the scene. PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO

SINGAPORE - A fire broke out on the premises of a self-storage facility owned by StorHub in Toa Payoh on Saturday (Aug 6) night.

There were no injuries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in response to media queries.

An SCDF spokesman said it was alerted to the fire at 615, Toa Payoh Lorong 4, at around 10pm.

It dispatched a fire engine, three red rhinos and six support vehicles to the scene, and the blaze was extinguished using two water jets.

Smoke billowing out from a window on the building's sixth floor. PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO

Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao reported that the fire had occurred in three storage units on the building's sixth floor.

StorHub has an estimated 300 storage units on the sixth floor of its Toa Payoh facility.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Correction note: An earlier version of this story said that StorHub has an estimated 300 storage units in its Toa Payoh facility. A spokesman for the company has clarified that there are 300 units on the sixth floor.

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