Electric Wheelchair Triggers Apartment Fire In Singapore Injures 3 Occupants, 50 Others Evacuated

Illustration of the fire department (damkar) extinguishing the red rooster who crushed the building. (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - At least three people were injured and 50 others were evacuated after a fire broke out in an apartment in Toa Payoh, Singapore in the early hours of Friday, August 22.

Through his social media quoted from the Asia One media, the Singapore Civil Defense Forces (SCDF) said reports of fires were received by his party at around 02.30.

The hotspot is said to have appeared on the 12th floor of the apartment which stands in Block 63 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh.

Firefighters said the red rooster crushed an apartment unit, setting fire to the living room and the kitchen.

The occupants of the apartment unit were rescued from the emergence of a hotspot that initially burned the kitchen which was then taken to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) for a health check.

Two other neighbors of the apartment unit who caught fire experienced shortness of breath and injuries to the wrist were also taken to the hospital.

About 50 people living in the apartment block were affected, then evacuated by police and SCDF as a precaution.

The initial findings of the SCDF regarding the cause of the fire are thought to have started with damage to private mobility equipment (PMA) or electric wheelchairs placed in the apartment unit's living room.