A fire broke out near the rooftop of the Marina Bay Sands on Tuesday (28 Oct) afternoon.
A Reddit user posted a video showing a black plume of smoke just below the SkyPark Observation Deck, which is on the 56th floor of the hotel.
Source: Reddit
Taken from a nearby building by an office worker at 3.30pm, the clip also showed some flames licking out from the smoke.
A concerned onlooker says it was “pretty bad”.
Source: Reddit
The original poster hoped that no one suffered injuries.
A TikTok user posted another video of the fire, taken from a closer distance on the ground.
It showed the smoke and flames coming from a corner of the floor just below the rooftop.
Source: @nightridersg on TikTok
Members of a drivers’ WhatsApp group shared the clip, the original poster said.
In a third video, large flames burn right above one of the hotel rooms.
Source: Marivic Dolores on Facebook
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told MS News it received an alert about the fire at about 3.40pm on 28 Oct.
It occurred at 1 Bayfront Avenue — the address of the MBS hotel.
The fire involved a plastic mat on the 55th floor, SCDF added.
MBS staff extinguished the fire using a hosereel before SCDF arrived, with no injuries reported.
The fire likely originated from welding works conducted in the vicinity, according to preliminary findings.
This blaze was the second reported fire at MBS in less than a year, after a vacant hotel room caught fire on 10 Nov 2024.
The fire occurred on the balcony of a 12th-floor unit that was going through renovation work, SCDF said at the time.
As the room was unoccupied, the incident injured no one.
Also read: 12th floor room at MBS erupts in flames amid renovations, was unoccupied during blaze
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Featured image adapted from Reddit and Marivic Dolores on Facebook.