According to 8world News, the passenger, identified only as Ms Chen, is in her 20s. She said she was about to arrive at Raffles Place MRT station when she saw thick smoke in the carriage. She did not immediately realise her power bank had caught fire until other passengers looked at her and moved away.
“Everyone ran away from me, and I realised that my problem was mine,” she told the Mandarin news platform.
“We had just arrived at the station, and when the train doors opened, everyone ran out. I thought the safest thing to do was to throw my bag in the empty carriage.”
To clear the smoke, SMRT staff switched on the station’s exhaust system, said Mr Lam, adding that services resumed once the affected train was moved to the depot for checks.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident at about 5.45pm, and that the fire was put out by SMRT staff.
“The train was later moved to Changi Depot, where SCDF was activated to investigate the cause of the fire,” it added.
“Preliminary findings indicate that the fire was likely caused by an electrical origin from the power bank.”
