A fire broke out in the row house on the three-story Geylang, and the police closed the streets and dispatched ladders to put out the fire. One person inhaled thick smoke and sent it to the hospital.

The fire occurred at around 1 noon on Monday, located in Lane 14, Geylang, involving a three-story terrace house.

When the reporter received a notice, when he arrived at the scene at around 2 pm, the street had been blocked and several civil defense and police vehicles were parked outside the unit involved.

The fire had been extinguished at that time, and the fire truck was still rising and laddered to stay at the scene. Civil defense personnel investigated in the No. 25 row house involved.

The periphery of the adjacent unit No. 27 was intact, and the residents later withdrew from the unit but refused to be interviewed.

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It is observed that the walls in the third floor of the terrace house were blackened, but there were no obvious signs of damage overall.

Eyewitness Zuge (35 years old, driver), who lives nearby, told reporters that while he was brushing his teeth at home, he saw thick smoke coming out of the roof of the opposite unit, and it became thicker and thicker, so he immediately called the police.

Residents living in the same row said that they saw thick smoke coming up at the door when the incident occurred, but fortunately, civil defense personnel arrived quickly and controlled the scene.

The video provided by the resident showed that civil defense personnel dispatched water guns and sprinkled water from downstairs to the third floor.

When asked, the Civil Defense Forces said that the fire involved the false ceiling on the third floor of the terrace house, and the authorities dispatched a water gun to put out the fire. The police and the civil defense forces evacuated one person from the unit involved and four people were evacuated from the unit next door. One person was taken to Singapore General Hospital for inhaling excessive smoke. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.