Rubbish truck catches fire near Bedok Reservoir, SCDF deploys 2 water jets to extinguish blaze

A rubbish truck caught fire at the junction of Bedok Reservoir Road and Bedok Reservoir View on Oct. 20.

Photos and a video shared on social media showed a pile of rubbish on the road, with firefighters spraying water on it.

Rubbish on the road

According to a Facebook post by SG Road Vigilante (SGRV), cardboard inside the rubbish truck had caught fire, prompting its contents to be unloaded onto the road.

A photo shared by SG Road Vigilante (SGRV) showed a pile of rubbish on the road, with an SCDF vehicle at the scene and a jet of water directed at the rubbish.

A video shared by Singapore Incidents also showed firefighters spraying water on the pile of rubbish on the road.

No injuries reported

In response to Mothership's queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at about 12:40pm on Oct. 20.

"The fire involved the contents of a rubbish truck," SCDF said. "SCDF extinguished the fire using two water jets."

There were no reported injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Netizens react

The incident also drew some humourous comments online.

"Like after eat mala, then suddenly laosai (diarrhea) on the road," one Facebook user commented.

Another joked: "Truck bit into a Mala powerbank."