SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at Toa Payoh Industrial Park on Thursday (May 9) evening, with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) deploying multiple vehicles to the scene.
The fire appeared to involve a tyre shop near the junction of Toa Payoh Industrial Park and Lorong 8 Toa Payoh.
Three SCDF fire trucks were at the scene when CNA arrived at about 9.50pm, and two others arrived shortly after.
As of 10.20pm, a total of eight fire trucks were spotted at the scene.
A Singapore Police Force officer CNA spoke to there said that they had been alerted to the fire at about 9.40pm.
In a Facebook post at 10.35pm, SCDF specified the address of the blaze as 3 Toa Payoh Industrial Park.
A crowd gathers to watch firefighters attending to a blaze at Toa Payoh Industrial Park, Lorong 8, on May 8, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Clara Ho)
Singapore Civil Defence Force firefighters map the scene at a blaze at Toa Payoh Industrial Park on May 9, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Clara Ho)
Dozens of residents from nearby flats gathered in the area as they could smell the smoke from their homes. They were told by police to steer clear of the area.
Some loud booms were heard as the fire raged on.
A resident from the nearby Block 12 told CNA he had returned home and smelled burning rubber and soon realised the smell did not come from his block.
The man, who wanted to be identified only as Wis, said he was a lifeguard and offered his assistance to the officers at the scene.
police officer speaks to a woman, who runs a shop in the vicinity of a fire that broke out at Toa Payoh Industrial Park on May 9, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Clara Ho)
A crowd is seen gathering at the scene of a fire at the junction of Toa Payoh Industrial Park and Lorong 8 Toa Payoh on May 9, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Clara Ho)
An SCDF fire truck and a crowd of onlookers are seen at the junction of Toa Payoh Industrial Park and Lorong 8 Toa Payoh on May 9, 2024 (Photo: CNA/Clara Ho)
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The fire appeared to involve a tyre shop near the junction of Toa Payoh Industrial Park and Lorong 8 Toa Payoh.
Three SCDF fire trucks were at the scene when CNA arrived at about 9.50pm, and two others arrived shortly after.
As of 10.20pm, a total of eight fire trucks were spotted at the scene.
A Singapore Police Force officer CNA spoke to there said that they had been alerted to the fire at about 9.40pm.
In a Facebook post at 10.35pm, SCDF specified the address of the blaze as 3 Toa Payoh Industrial Park.
A crowd gathers to watch firefighters attending to a blaze at Toa Payoh Industrial Park, Lorong 8, on May 8, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Clara Ho)
Singapore Civil Defence Force firefighters map the scene at a blaze at Toa Payoh Industrial Park on May 9, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Clara Ho)
Dozens of residents from nearby flats gathered in the area as they could smell the smoke from their homes. They were told by police to steer clear of the area.
Some loud booms were heard as the fire raged on.
A resident from the nearby Block 12 told CNA he had returned home and smelled burning rubber and soon realised the smell did not come from his block.
The man, who wanted to be identified only as Wis, said he was a lifeguard and offered his assistance to the officers at the scene.
police officer speaks to a woman, who runs a shop in the vicinity of a fire that broke out at Toa Payoh Industrial Park on May 9, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Clara Ho)
A crowd is seen gathering at the scene of a fire at the junction of Toa Payoh Industrial Park and Lorong 8 Toa Payoh on May 9, 2024. (Photo: CNA/Clara Ho)
An SCDF fire truck and a crowd of onlookers are seen at the junction of Toa Payoh Industrial Park and Lorong 8 Toa Payoh on May 9, 2024 (Photo: CNA/Clara Ho)
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