Residents evacuate after fire breaks out at Toa Payoh flat

SINGAPORE: Residents evacuated from a Housing Board flat in Toa Payoh on Friday (Aug 12) evening following a blaze in one of the units. 

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post at about 8.50pm that it was alerted to a fire at Block 222 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh.

“Firefighters are currently on scene conducting firefighting operations,” it added. 

Singapore Police Force (SPF) officers were also on the scene, said a CNA reader who lives in the affected block.