SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at a scrapyard in Jalan Buroh on Tuesday night (Jul 2), injuring one person, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
SCDF said it was alerted to the incident at 8.07pm at 5 Jalan Buroh in the Jurong industrial area.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe fire involved scrap material stored in 10 stacked containers in a scrapyard, and was extinguished using three compressed air foam jets, it added.
A person was taken to Singapore General Hospital with burn injuries.
The fire broke out less than two weeks after one person was killed and two people injured in another fire around the same area.
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Firefighting trucks at Jalan Buroh on the evening of Jul 2, 2019. (Photo: Facebook/Faizal Khalid)
The Jun 21 fire, which involved hundreds of highly flammable LPG cylinders, engulfed an LPG facility about the size of two football fields.
The fire was extinguished about six hours after it broke out.
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SCDF said it was alerted to the incident at 8.07pm at 5 Jalan Buroh in the Jurong industrial area.
AdvertisementAdvertisementThe fire involved scrap material stored in 10 stacked containers in a scrapyard, and was extinguished using three compressed air foam jets, it added.
A person was taken to Singapore General Hospital with burn injuries.
The fire broke out less than two weeks after one person was killed and two people injured in another fire around the same area.
[h=3]READ: 1 dead, 2 injured in massive fire at Jurong industrial area[/h] AdvertisementAdvertisement[h=3]READ: Jalan Buroh fire: Worker in hospital is conscious, able to communicate freely, says Migrant Workers’ Centre[/h]
The Jun 21 fire, which involved hundreds of highly flammable LPG cylinders, engulfed an LPG facility about the size of two football fields.
The fire was extinguished about six hours after it broke out.
This story came from a reader tip-off. If you would like to send in photos or videos of something newsworthy, WhatsApp our Mediacorp news hotline at +65 8218 8281 or message us on Facebook.
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