SINGAPORE: A "massive" fire broke out at a terrace house that was under construction on Sing Avenue near Little India on Friday (Jul 6) night.
Police said they were alerted to the fire at 82 Sing Avenue at 8.52pm.
AdvertisementA video, sent to Channel NewsAsia by reader Eric Ong, showed flames engulfing a unit while firefighters battled the fire.
Alarms can be heard ringing in the background.
In a second video taken by Mr Ong, a man can be heard asking bystanders to "cooperate" as he tries to usher people away from the fire.
AdvertisementAdvertisementA subsequent photo showed that the road was cordoned off by police tape. At least one fire engine could be seen on scene.
Sales manager Chew Boon Yeow told Channel NewsAsia that he was having dinner nearby when the fire started.
"I was having dinner and then some people shouted 'fire'. The fire was quite big. There were two fire engines and about four police cars," the 42-year-old said.
Mr Chew added that the fire was at a house that was under construction, and he saw some scaffolding as well.
(Photo: Channel NewsAsia reader)
Twitter user Elizabeth Davis said in a tweet that "lots of emergency vehicles" were at the scene. She called it a "massive fire".
"I was on the balcony having a phone call and then I realised smoke was coming from the building," she said. "I told my housemates and we were thinking what it could be. Then we saw the fire get bigger with a cloud of dark smoke."
Another Channel NewsAsia reader who lived nearby said that there was a "burning smell" in the air.
"When I looked out of my window some 10 minutes later, I saw smoke and a big fire," said the reader, who requested to remain anonymous.
Channel NewsAsia has reached out to Singapore Civil Defence Force for more information.
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Police said they were alerted to the fire at 82 Sing Avenue at 8.52pm.
AdvertisementA video, sent to Channel NewsAsia by reader Eric Ong, showed flames engulfing a unit while firefighters battled the fire.
Alarms can be heard ringing in the background.
In a second video taken by Mr Ong, a man can be heard asking bystanders to "cooperate" as he tries to usher people away from the fire.
AdvertisementAdvertisementA subsequent photo showed that the road was cordoned off by police tape. At least one fire engine could be seen on scene.
Sales manager Chew Boon Yeow told Channel NewsAsia that he was having dinner nearby when the fire started.
"I was having dinner and then some people shouted 'fire'. The fire was quite big. There were two fire engines and about four police cars," the 42-year-old said.
Mr Chew added that the fire was at a house that was under construction, and he saw some scaffolding as well.
Twitter user Elizabeth Davis said in a tweet that "lots of emergency vehicles" were at the scene. She called it a "massive fire".
Massive fire in (I think) Little India, Singapore – just saw it from our hotel room. Lots of emergency vehicles there now, hoping no one is hurt pic.twitter.com/h7qRSt7K3s
— Elizabeth Davis (@lizidavis) July 6, 2018
Isabel Areglo, a staff nurse who lives nearby at Mergui Road, told Channel NewsAsia that she saw the fire at about 8.52pm and that the fire was put out at about 9.30pm. — Elizabeth Davis (@lizidavis) July 6, 2018
"I was on the balcony having a phone call and then I realised smoke was coming from the building," she said. "I told my housemates and we were thinking what it could be. Then we saw the fire get bigger with a cloud of dark smoke."
Another Channel NewsAsia reader who lived nearby said that there was a "burning smell" in the air.
"When I looked out of my window some 10 minutes later, I saw smoke and a big fire," said the reader, who requested to remain anonymous.
Channel NewsAsia has reached out to Singapore Civil Defence Force for more information.
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