Fire in Tuas building storing chemicals briefly disrupts MRT services in area

Thirty emergency vehicles, about 100 firefighters from two stations, and a special rescue unit were dispatched. Singapore

It was alerted at about 2am to the blaze, which covered an area of roughly a football field, at 11 Tuas Link 1. It dispatched 30 emergency vehicles and about 100 firefighters from two stations and a special rescue unit.

The flames were brought under control at around 6.15am with five water and foam jets and two unmanned firefighting machines. Firefighters then conducted damping down operations to prevent the fire restarting. A man who works in a building adjacent to Megachem’s premises said he had to alter his usual commute to work.

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