SINGAPORE: One person was taken to hospital and 60 others evacuated after a fire broke out in a Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat in Punggol on Sunday (Jan 26).
Firefighters were called to Block 224A Sumang Lane at about 5.05am after reports of a fire. Black smoke was emitting from a unit on the seventh floor.
The fire, which involved a bedroom, was extinguished by the firefighters, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post.
One person was assessed by a paramedic for smoke inhalation and taken to Singapore General Hospital.
