Queenstown HDB fire sends 2 to hospital; about 25 evacuated
What's new: The blaze involved items outside a 10th-floor unit at Block 158 Mei Ling Street, and investigators are still tracing the cause.
Two people were taken to Singapore General Hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at Block 158 Mei Ling Street in Queenstown on Monday afternoon, prompting the evacuation of about 25 residents. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it was alerted at about 12:30 p.m. The fire involved contents placed outside a 10th-floor unit and firefighters put it out with a water jet. SCDF officers evacuated two people from inside the affected unit; one was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Another person from a neighboring unit was also taken to the hospital. Police and SCDF cleared nearby residents as a precaution. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.