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Six taken to hospital, 120 evacuated after fire at Sengkang HDB flat

Firefighters extinguished the blaze, which happened in a bedroom of a third-floor unit, with a water jet.

The fire can be seen raging in the bedroom of a third-floor unit.

Singapore, Microsoft to explore ways to test the safety of frontier AI models

ComfortDelGro serves over 1,500 riders in Punggol autonomous vehicle trial; system faring well on roads

Circle Line posts biggest improvement in May as MRT reliability stays above 2 million train-km mark

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