Fire breaks out in 4th-storey unit at Choa Chu Kang's Palm Gardens Condominium
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The fire involved the contents of a bedroom in a unit on the fourth floor.
PHOTOS: SUSAN KING/FACEBOOK
Lee Min Kok
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SINGAPORE - A fire broke out in a fourth-storey unit at the Palm Gardens Condominium in Choa Chu Kang on Sunday (May 7), prompting some 20 residents to self-evacuate.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire, which involved the contents of a bedroom, at around 1.30pm.
The blaze was extinguished using a water jet.
No injuries were reported, an SCDF spokesman said.
According to a Facebook post by Susan King, the unit that caught fire was newly renovated. There was no one at home when it occurred.
In a video, a firefighter is seen hosing the unit with a water jet from the ground floor.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
