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About 50 people were evacuated after a fire broke out in a HDB flat in Pasir Ris on Sept 24. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said the fire involved items in the bedrooms and the living room and was extinguished using two water jets.
A fire broke out in an open grass patch in Bukit Panjang, Singapore, with no injuries reported. The blaze involved vegetation measuring about 30m by 20m and was extinguished with a water jet.
20 people evacuated after fire at ground-floor unit of Tampines HDB block in Singapore. SCDF alerted at 8:20am and extinguished the blaze with a water jet. No injuries reported.
Pacific storm Lala strengthened into a hurricane as it edged closer to Hawaii’s Big Island, where it will make possible landfall on Saturday, the US National Hurricane Center said.
Fires on more than 100,000 hectares of Washington state prompt evacuations
Wildfires across more than a quarter 100,000 hectares in Washington state have prompted widespread evacuations and power outages in the Spokane area, state officials said on Saturday evening.
A fire broke out in a Clementi HDB flat late on July 31, injuring three people, including two firefighters. The fire was put out with two water jets, and the cause is under investigation.