September 21, 2019, 08:35 PM
A fire broke out at Wilton Close on Saturday evening, Sep. 21.
Wilton Close is about a 10-minute walk away from Mediacorp New Campus.
A multi-storey house that resembles a colonial-era black-and-white bungalow was visibly on fire, with smoke billowing out of the premises.
According to a video taken by CNA, members of the SCDF were already at the scene to put out the fire.
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Mothership has reached out to the SCDF and will update this article with further details.
Update on Sep. 21, 11:11pm:
In a Facebook post, the SCDF said that they were alerted to the fire around 6pm.
22 firefighters, eight emergency vehicles, and four water jets were deployed.
The fire was extinguished at about 6:40pm.
Occupants of the houses evacuated before the SCDF arrived, and there were no reported injuries.
You can read their post here:
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