SBS Transit staff honoured with SCDF award for swift response to separate fires

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) on Oct 15 presented its Community First Responder Award to two SBS Transit staff members for their actions during two separate fire incidents. In a social media post on Monday (Oct 19), public transport operator SBS Transit identified the duo as bus captain Zhang Zhipeng and assistant station manager Mohamed Bin Osman."Zhipeng helped extinguish a car fire along Holland Road on Aug 8, while Mohamed responded swiftly to a fire at Little India MRT station on Sept 10. Both stepped forward without hesitation, helping to keep members of the public and commuters safe," the public transport operator wrote.AsiaOne had earlier reported on the Aug 8 incident, in which the service 123 bus captain was seen calmly using a fire extinguisher on a black Lamborghini that had begun emitting smoke.