SCDF spends over 4 hours putting out fire that broke out in Jurong warehouse

Fire involved used household items stored within a warehouse in Jurong

On Tuesday (8 Sept), the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spent more than four hours working to put out a fire that broke out in a warehouse in Jurong.

Footage of the blaze posted on TikTok showed that a large, thick black plume of smoke could be seen from a block in nearby Teban Gardens.

4 water jets & firefighting machine deployed for Jurong warehouse fire

In its first Facebook post on the fire, SCDF said that it was alerted at about 12 noon.

SCDF resources were deployed to 10 Penjuru Road for the firefighting operation.

Its next post at 1.26pm said the fire was confined to a warehouse within the premises, with four water jets and a firefighting machine being used.

50 people self-evacuate from warehouse fire

About 50 people self-evacuated from the warehouse before SCDF arrived, it said.

Social media photos showed a crowd standing on the roadside, watching firefighters doing their work.

No injuries were reported, SCDF added.

Charred & smoking household items laid out within warehouse

In an update less than 30 minutes later, SCDF said its firefighters were working with one more water jet, making it five water jets and a firefighting machine.

It also revealed the source of the fire — used household items that were being stored within a warehouse measuring about 20m by 10 m.

Footage depicted various charred and smoking items laid out on the premises as firefighters continued their work.

Fire ‘largely extinguished’ over 4 hours later

In its final update at 4.06pm — more than four hours after being alerted — SCDF said the fire had been “largely extinguished”, though some “deep-seated pockets of fire” remained.

Damping-down operations — the application of water to wet burnt surfaces — were expected to continue throughout the day.

This is to prevent the fire from rekindling due to the hot burnt surfaces.

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Featured image adapted from @cleancruises on TikTok, Singapore Civil Defence Force on Facebook and Monir2.1 on Facebook.