Man dies in fire at Jurong East HDB flat, SCDF extinguishes blaze with water jet

In a tragic incident, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) pronounced a man dead while extinguishing a fire in a burning living room last Sunday (16 Aug).

At 3.55am, the SCDF received an alert about a fire at Block 339 Jurong East Avenue 1.

Firefighters arriving at the scene noticed black smoke spewing from the living room of a third-floor unit.

SCDF personnel forcibly entered the affected HDB flat and found that the fire involved items in the living room. They extinguished the blaze with a water jet.

During the firefighting operation,...