Damping-down operations under way after Tuas industrial warehouse fire; no reported injuries
The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted to the fire at 3 Gul Crescent – the address of HLS Environmental, a licensed general waste disposal facility – at about 3am on June 12.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Published Jun 12, 2026, 07:25 AM
Updated Jun 12, 2026, 03:59 PM
SINGAPORE – Damping-down operations at an industrial warehouse in Tuas are under way after a fire broke out there in the wee hours of June 12.
Some 80 firefighters and 20 emergency vehicles were deployed to 3 Gul Crescent at the height of the operation, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) in a Facebook post at 12.28pm.
It said the fire was extinguished at about 10am and that it monitored the site as a precautionary measure but did not detect any hazardous substances.
There were no reported injuries, SCDF said, adding that the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Checks by The Straits Times show that 3 Gul Crescent is the address of HLS Environmental, a subsidiary of Singapore Exchange-listed Enviro-Hub Holdings.
The fire occurred at a warehouse about the size of a football field.
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HLS Environmental – a licensed general waste disposal facility – can handle e-waste, paper, plastic and scrap metal (excluding aerosol cans), according to data from the National Environment Agency.
SCDF said that damping-down operations – which are done to prevent the rekindling of a fire – were under way and were expected to continue through the day.
Damping-down operations at the site are under way.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
In its first Facebook post at about 5am, it said that it was alerted to the fire at about 3am.
The fire involved a warehouse about the size of a football field.
In subsequent updates, its said that the fire, which involved waste materials and chemicals, was contained within the warehouse and under control.
Seven water jets, two firefighting machines and two aerial monitors were used to combat the blaze.
ST has contacted Enviro-Hub Holdings and the Building and Construction Authority for more information.
There were 125 fires at industrial premises in 2025, an increase of 27.5 per cent from 98 fires in 2024, SCDF said in its latest annual statistics report.
These fires were among the 471 fire calls at non-residential premises that SCDF responded to in 2025, up from 415 calls in 2024.
Fires due to electrical origin accounted for 43.5 per cent of fires in non-residential premises in 2025, SCDF added.