Thick black smoke rises as Tampines HDB storage shed catches fire

On Wednesday (12 March), a fire broke out in a storage shed on the ground floor of Block 665C in Tampines Street 64, sending dense black smoke billowing up to the top of the 16-storey block.

In a statement to MS News, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) confirmed it was alerted to the fire at approximately 6pm.

The blaze, which involved the contents of the ground-floor storage shed, was swiftly brought under control using two water jets.

Fortunately, no injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The SCD...