100 firefighters deployed to put out blaze at Sungei Kadut warehouse

SINGAPORE — A hundred firefighters and 19 emergency vehicles were deployed to put out a fire which broke out at a warehouse at No 6 Sungei Kadut Way on Saturday (May 23) evening.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post on Saturday that it was alerted to the fire at about 7pm.

“Upon SCDF’s arrival, the fire was raging from within the two-storey warehouse. SCDF quickly deployed its resources to surround and contain the fire,” it said in its post.

In addition to emergency vehicles and firefighters, SCDF said that it deployed seven water and foam jets, as well as an Unmanned Firefighting Machine to mitigate the fire at the height of operations.

SCDF officers fighting the blaze on Saturday night.  Photo: SCDF/Facebook

SCDF said that the fire involved vehicles, including scrap vehicles, in the warehouse.

Paramedics attended to two workers of the warehouse who had sustained minor injuries. "They refused to be conveyed to the hospital," said the SCDF.

The fire was extinguished at 9.15pm. SCDF said it is investigating the cause of the fire.