SINGAPORE – A fire broke out in a rubbish container on the ground floor of an HDB estate in Geylang on Jan 9.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire, which involved the contents of a skip bin at Block 56 Cassia Crescent, at about 2.30pm that day.

SCDF officers extinguished the fire using two hose reels, and no injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

In a Facebook post later on Jan 9, Mountbatten MP Gho Sze Kee said the fire was contained within the skip bin and that there was no damage to other nearby properties.

“The skip bin had been placed at the location by the cleaning contractor appointed by the town council for the removal of bulky items from the neighbourhood,” she said.

Thanking the SCDF for its quick response to the incident, she added that she had asked the town council to “take guidance from the SCDF once investigations are concluded”.

The fire is believed to have been sparked by a cigarette butt that someone threw into the waste container, which is used to collect discarded furniture, reported Lianhe Zaobao.

The Chinese-language news daily said tha...