Flames engulfing the high-rise flat as a thick column of smoke streams skywards from its broken windows.- LIANHE ZAOBAO, SCREENGRAB FROM CHRISTOPHER DE SOUZA/FACEBOOK
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A fire broke out on Wednesday (Aug 16) morning at a Housing Board flat in Ghim Moh Link.
In videos and pictures posted by Facebook user GF Pat, the high-rise flat is seen to be engulfed in flames as a thick column of smoke streams skywards from its broken windows. Shards of broken glass – presumably debris from the shattered windows – litter the street below the flat.
Another picture shows the blackened and smoking interiors of two units, suggesting that the blaze might have spread to a second flat.
The Straits Times understands that two people were taken to hospital.
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC MP Christopher de Souza also posted about the fire on Facebook.
In his post, he said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was on the scene. The appended video shows two fire trucks parked at the block.
“I am concerned and will be visiting the site to get an update to see how best we can help the families affected,” said de Souza.
