Two people taken to hospital after ammonia detected at Fishery Port Road compound
The Singapore Civil Defence Force received a call for assistance at 11 Fishery Port Road, which is the location of ice supplier Jurong Marine Cold Storage.
SCDF personnel along Fishery Port Road on Jun 29, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Wallace Woon)
SINGAPORE: Two people were taken to hospital on Monday (Jun 29) after an ammonia leak at a Fishery Port Road compound in Jurong.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call for assistance at about 11.45am at 11 Fishery Port Road, which is the location of ice supplier Jurong Marine Cold Storage.
"Upon SCDF’s arrival, ammonia was detected within the premises’ compound," SCDF said. The area was then evacuated.
As a precautionary measure, 9 Fishery Port Road and 15 Fishery Port Road were also evacuated.
SCDF said its hazardous materials (HazMat) specialists traced the leak to a pipe in a room within the premises.
SCDF later said in an update at about 4.50pm that there were no further leaks within the premises.
"The supply valve to the affected pipe was shut off and the leak sealed. Latest readings from HazMat detectors confirmed that there are no further leaks within the premises."
Those evacuated from 9 Fishery Port Road and 15 Fishery Port Road have also been allowed to return.
Two people from the affected area were earlier assessed by SCDF and taken to Singapore General Hospital for exposure to the ammonia vapour. There are no other reported injuries.
When CNA arrived at the scene at about 3.15pm, there were at least six SCDF vehicles along Fishery Port Road behind a police cordon. An SCDF unmanned remote vehicle was also seen.
Some SCDF officers were also resting along the curb between their vehicles, most of them not wearing any additional personal protective equipment.
Outside of the cordon, members of the media and bystanders gathered to observe. Several were wearing blue surgical masks.
Ammonia is a colourless, highly irritating gas with a pungent, suffocating odour. It has several industrial uses, including as a refrigerant gas, in fertilisers and in cleaning products.
Exposure to high levels of ammonia may hurt skin, eyes, throat and lungs and cause coughing and burns.
At around 4.30pm, the cordon was lifted for a dozen employees to enter the area outside the building.
About 10 ice delivery trucks were still parked along the road outside the premises, waiting for clearance to pick up ice for their afternoon delivery.
An employee who did not wish to be named said he felt scared when he heard about the ammonia leak. While such occurrences are rare, it is not unheard of and a similar incident has happened before, he said.
The employee, who had been waiting outside with his delivery truck since about 3pm, said the incident has affected his deliveries.
“We all cannot enter, it is very troublesome. We have to wait, and we have deliveries to make at 7pm, 8pm,” he said in Mandarin.
At about 5pm, the cordon was lifted and SCDF vehicles were seen leaving the area.
Additional reporting by Wallace Woon and Erin Liam.