One person was taken to hospital after an electric mahjong table caught fire in a Tampines HDB flat on Saturday (Aug 8) night.The incident happened at about 9.30pm at Block 449 Tampines Street 42.A livestream posted by TikTok user M.K Collector shows black soot on the external facade wall outside the bedroom and toilet of a ninth-floor unit. Some residents are seen waiting at the void deck of the block, while Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedics attended to a person seated within a police cordon.During his livestream, the TikTok user claimed that the fire started due to a candle placed on a mahjong table.In response to AsiaOne's queries, SCDF stated that the fire involved an electric mahjong table in a ninth-floor unit. SCDF added that members of the public used buckets of water to help put out the fire prior to firefighters' arrival.According to the Singapore Police Force, an 86-year-old man was conveyed conscious to the hospital, tallying with SCDF's statement that they had sent one person to the Singapore General Hospital.  Read more