Fire breaks out at Choa Chu Kang HDB flat, SCDF enters unit forcibly to put out blaze

A fire broke out at a flat in Choa Chu Kang on Tuesday (Oct 6) at about 1.50pm at Block 807C Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in response to AsiaOne's queries that the fire involved the contents of a living room in a 16th-floor unit.Firefighters conducted forcible entry and extinguished the fire using one water jet and two hose reels, it added.Police officers and firefighters also evacuated about 60 people from the block as a precautionary measure.