SINGAPORE – In less than two hours on Friday (Jan 28) night, fire broke out in two locations in eastern Singapore, gutting a flat in Tampines and a coffee shop in Bedok.
In Tampines, firefighters had to break down a bedroom door to rescue an unconscious man trapped in the burning unit.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post that the fire was raging at a flat on the 10th storey of Block 941 Tampines Avenue 5. Its officers arrived at the scene after being alerted at 10.30pm.
The flames had totally engulfed the unit and firefighters from Tampines Fire Station and Changi Fire Station had to force their way into the flat.
They also had to force their way into a bedroom on the first level of the flat, where they found a man lying unconscious on the floor. The firefighters immediately carried him out of the burning unit, SCDF said.
The man was assessed by an ambulance crew and taken to Changi General Hospital.
The fire was eventually extinguished with two…
