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A fire broke out on Thursday (Dec. 8) morning at 91 Henderson Road in Bukit Merah, causing one firefighter to fall unconscious.

In a Facebook post on the same day, SCDF said that they were alerted to the fire at about 11:10am on Dec. 8.

Upon SCDF's arrival, the fire was already raging inside a unit on the fourth floor of the HDB block.

Footage sent to Mothership showed smoke coming out of the affected HDB unit.

A number of firefighters were seen at the location.

SCDF said that its firefighters conducted forcible entry and penetrated into the smoke-logged unit to fight the fire.

During the operation, a firefighter fell unconscious.

The firefighter has been conveyed to Singapore General Hospital.

Damping down operations are ongoing, added SCDF.

Top images via Linus Chen & SCDF.