August 12, 2019, 11:58 PM 
A huge vegetation fire broke out in East Coast Park on the evening of August 12.
Caught on video
According to videos and photos of the fire on social media, thick, billowing smoke and flames could be seen from a distance, from about 9pm Monday.
@SCDF fire near ECP close to the marina golf course. Pls check. pic.twitter.com/hUfKw2r4Cd
— Gaurav Modi (@gmodi25) August 12, 2019
Rising #smoke in #singapore #eastcoast pic.twitter.com/hEYjDYzKp3
— Himangi (@himangi_t) August 12, 2019
Large fire on the east coast #Singapore - doesn’t help that everything out there is super dry right now. pic.twitter.com/J5QB29Qvmj
— Sriram Vaidhya (@sriram_v2) August 12, 2019
East Coast On Fire Gais pic.twitter.com/ubCQV5B2w0
— forever feeling numb (@mhdniqq) August 12, 2019
@ChannelNewsAsia Forest fire at East Coast Park pic.twitter.com/15o9vbuJDs
— Ngu Dow Lon, Chris (@chris3961) August 12, 2019
Here's a video of the fire from Mothership.sg reader Charles Woo:
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Photo courtesy of Charles Woo
Fire as big as two football fields
According to a Facebook post from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), the fire involved vegetation near Marina East Drive.
Some 50 firefighters were deployed on the scene, along with seven water jets, and 12 emergency vehicles.
The fire, which spanned as big as two football fields, was eventually brought under control after more than an hour at 10:30 pm.No injuries have been reported so far.
2 more vegetation fires in West area earlier Monday
Earlier on Monday, STOMP reported that two other vegetation fires had occurred along Jurong Road and Pang Sua Canal, with the one at Jurong Road reportedly spanning an area as large as 10 football fields.
Both fires were extinguished with two water jets.
SCDF is currently investigating the cause of the fires.
Top image via Charles Woo and _MDNIQ on Twitter
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