Heavy traffic on ECP after sports car catches fire; no injuries reported
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The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to a fire on the highway, towards Changi and before the Still Road South exit, at about 5.20pm on July 23.
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- A sports car caught fire on the East Coast Parkway towards Changi at about 5.20pm on July 23, with the engine compartment ablaze and no injuries reported.
- The fire was extinguished with a water jet by the Singapore Civil Defence Force, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
- There was heavy traffic between Marine Parade and Rochor Road, while four bus services were delayed by up to 25 minutes.
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SINGAPORE – Motorists on the East Coast Parkway (ECP) saw heavy traffic on the evening of July 23, after a sports car caught fire earlier.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted to a fire on the highway, towards Changi and before the Still Road South exit, at about 5.20pm.
The fire, which involved the car’s engine compartment, was extinguished using a water jet, it added.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
A video posted on Facebook on July 23 shows a bright green car in flames on the road shoulder.
Cones are seen blocking off the left-most lane, but traffic appears to be moving normally.
In a post on its traffic news account on X at 5.26pm, the Land Transport Authority advised motorists to avoid lane four of the ECP towards Changi after Tanjong Katong because of an accident.
The fire, which involved the car’s engine compartment, was extinguished using a water jet.
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At 8.05pm, it posted an update saying there was heavy traffic on the highway between Marine Parade and Rochor Road.
Additionally, an alert on the MyTransport.SG app at 7.40pm said that four bus services – 12e, 36, 48 and 518 – were delayed by up to 25 minutes because of an accident on the ECP towards Changi and after the Tanjong Katong Road South exit.
