Jurong East fire

2022 - 8 - 16

Fire reignites at Jurong East flat where resident was earlier found dead (CNA)

SINGAPORE: A second fire broke out early Wednesday (Aug 17) morning at a flat in Jurong East, where a 48-year-old man was found dead a day ago.

It added that it had conducted damping down operations in the flat for about eight hours after the first fire broke out a day ago. Advertisement

Jurong East flat catches fire again, a day after blaze kills man (The Straits Times)

The fire started in one of the bedrooms, likely reignited by deep-seated embers within the rubble. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In 2016, a similar case occurred when two fires broke out at Boat Quay within the span of a few hours. Extinguishing the fire with foam could contain embers, but that is mostly used for chemical and electrical fires,” said the freelance fire safety manager. Firefighters, who were called in again, used a water jet to extinguish the flames. Gases are then released from this reaction, which may lead to reignition. I don’t think it was as bad as yesterday, but we all still evacuated and went downstairs,” she said. “We had a feeling it was the same unit, and that the fire probably started from all the things that they had collected.

Second fire at Jurong East flat where resident found dead earlier (Mothership.sg)

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident in the ninth-floor unit at Block 236 Jurong East Street 21, at about 5am. The ...

[Telegram](https://t.me/mothershipsg) to get the latest updates. Damping down operations in the flat were conducted for about eight hours after the first fire broke out a day ago, SCDF added. SCDF found a pocket of fire in one of the bedrooms and extinguished it with a water jet.

Jurong East flat catches fire again, a day after blaze kills one (The Star Online)

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A fire broke out again in a ninth-storey flat in Jurong East on Wednesday morning (Aug 17), a day after it ...

Firefighters used a water jet to extinguish the flames. According to a statement by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), it was alerted to the second fire at Block 236 Jurong East Street 21 at about 5am on Wednesday. SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A fire broke out again in a ninth-storey flat in Jurong East on Wednesday morning (Aug 17), a day after it was engulfed in flames.

Jurong East Flat Where Man Was Found Dead Catches Fire Again ... (Must Share News)

A HDB flat in Jurong East, where a man was found dead on 16 August 2022, caught fire again the next day. No injuries were reported.

[1 Person Found Dead In Jurong East HDB Flat After Fire On 16 Aug] [Lianhe Zaobao](https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20220817-1303664) reported that the lone person who managed to evacuate was a 50-year-old woman, who had found an electric fan on fire in the middle of the night. In the latest incident, the SCDF discovered that the fire started in a bedroom, possibly as a result of embers deep within the rubble. [The Straits Times (ST)](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/jurong-east-flat-reignites-one-day-after-fire) reported that the deceased was a 48-year-old man. [Channel NewsAsia (CNA)](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/second-fire-jurong-east-flat-resident-killed-2885441), the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received an alert regarding a fire at Block 236 Jurong East Street 21 at about 5am on Wednesday (17 Aug) morning. [a fire](https://mustsharenews.com/jurong-east-hdb-fire/) early yesterday (16 Aug) ended in the death of a man, the same unit was found ablaze yet again this morning (17 Aug).

Jurong East flat catches fire again, a day after 1st fire killed man (Yahoo Philippines News)

A day after a fire at a flat in Jurong East killed a 48-year-old man, the same flat caught fire again on early Wednesday morning (17 August).

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