Fire breaks out in Jurong East HDB flat; man suffers burn injuries
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A man suffered burn injuries after a fire broke out in a Housing Board flat in Jurong East on Tuesday afternoon (21 Aug 2018).
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to the fire at around 12.55pm.
The fire involved the contents of a bedroom in a unit on the ninth floor at Block 249 Jurong East Street 24, and was extinguished by the SCDF using two waterjets.
A man in his 60s was taken to Ng Teng Fong Hospital with burn injuries.