1 person taken to hospital after fire breaks out in Yishun HDB flat

SINGAPORE – One person was taken to hospital following a fire that broke out in a flat in Yishun on the morning of Nov 12.

In a Facebook post on the same day, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it responded to a fire at Block 839 Yishun Street 81, at about 10am.

The fire, which affected the second-floor unit’s kitchen, was extinguished by the SCDF with a water jet.

SCDF said that a person from the affected unit felt unwell and was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

Preliminary findings indicate that the fire had likely originated from unattended cooking.

Nee Soon GRC MP Lee Hui Ying said in a Facebook post on Nov 12 that she had checked on the affected residents of the block.

“The Singapore Civil Defence Force and Singapore Police Force teams responded quickly, and the firefighters managed to put out the fire swiftly – preventing further damage,” she wrote.

She added that grassroots leaders will continue to lend support to the affected family.

In its post, SCDF reminded the public not to leave any cooking or heating activities unattended, and any gas or electric switches should be switched off when not in use.

This fire is the third to take place in Yishun in the span of a week.

On Nov 5, a fire linked to a personal mobility device 

broke out at B

lock 475B Yishun Street 44

at about 2.30am, causing about 40 people to be evacuated and four to be taken to hospital.

Two days later, another fire happened at

Block 128 Yishun Street 11 at about 1.20pm, resulting in two people being assessed for smoke inhalation

and taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Fifty residents had to be evacuated.

Then, SCDF said the fire had most likely originated from lit materials in the affected bedroom. It reminded the public not to leave lit materials such as cigarettes and candles unattended.