SINGAPORE — A worker has been reported missing after a structure collapsed at a building site undergoing demolition works in the Tanjong Pagar area, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) on Thursday (June 15).

In a Facebook post at about 3pm, SCDF said that it was alerted to the incident at 1 Bernam Street around 2pm.

In an update posted 40 minutes later, SCDF said that officers from 1st SCDF Division, Marina Bay Fire Station and rescuers from the elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Dart) were conducting search operations to locate the missing worker.

“Two search canines have also been deployed to assist in the search in an area of about 20m by 10m,” SCDF said.

In a further update at 7.15pm, an SCDF spokesman said that 11 emergency vehicles and about 70 personnel are deployed at the scene.

The site is part of the former Fuji Xerox Towers, which is being redeveloped to make way for a mixed-use development.

Commander of the 1st SCDF Division, Colonel Firoz Ramjan, said that SCDF and Dart officers immediately commenced search and rescue operations when they arrived at the scene.

"Currently, we are deploying heavy machinery at (the) site to be utilised in the cutting and lifting operations," he told reporters at the scene at about 5pm.

"Apart from the missing worker, our rescuers will also carefully comb the entire area to ensure no one else is left trapped."

Photos posted on Facebook page Complaint Singapore Unrestricted show the aftermath of the structure's collapse along with a screengrab of the same site before the incident occurred.