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Electrical fire at Senja station, Bukit Panjang LRT service suspended
POSTED: 09 Mar 2015 18:09 **UPDATED: 09 Mar 2015 19:23
Fire engines at Senja LRT station (Photo: Goh Chiew Tong)
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SINGAPORE: Services along the Bukit Panjang LRT will be suspended until Tuesday morning, following an electrical room fire at Senja station on Monday evening (Mar 9).
In a statement on Facebook at about 7pm, SMRT said: "Power tie-breakers at Senja station were damaged. Services on the BPLRT will not resume this evening. We are working to recover service by tomorrow morning and are investigating the cause of the incident. Free bus and bus bridging services will continue. We ask commuters to seek alternative transport options."
The public transport operator first announced that there would be no train services in both directions at 6.01pm. Public and shuttle buses are available at affected stations, it added.*
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told Channel NewsAsia that it received a call at 5.47pm about a fire, and sent a fire engine, three Red Rhinos, two fire bikes, an ambulance, and four support vehicles to Senja station.*
SCDF said the fire involved a circuit breaker inside the electrical room, and was put out with a fire extinguisher. No one was injured, and there was no evacuation, SCDF said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, it added.*
Just after 6:45pm, SMRT had said the fire alarm was activated at Senja station at about 6pm.
It earlier SMRT posted on Facebook that a "traction power trip between Pending and Petir stations" had caused the disruption along Bukit Panjang LRT.*
This breakdown comes after SMRT pledged to do better on rail network reliability, following a spate of breakdowns in the past two weeks.*
Commuters took to social media to express frustration about the latest rush hour breakdown.*
sian lrt breakdown again
— jy. (@ForeverSoneee) March 9, 2015
LRT BREAKDOWN. pic.twitter.com/skTaVbH0xQ
— 诗诗.✨ (@wngss_) March 9, 2015
Lrt breakdown. Ugh
— N (@mdnblt) March 9, 2015
- CNA/dl
Electrical fire at Senja station, Bukit Panjang LRT service suspended
POSTED: 09 Mar 2015 18:09 **UPDATED: 09 Mar 2015 19:23
Fire engines at Senja LRT station (Photo: Goh Chiew Tong)
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SINGAPORE: Services along the Bukit Panjang LRT will be suspended until Tuesday morning, following an electrical room fire at Senja station on Monday evening (Mar 9).
In a statement on Facebook at about 7pm, SMRT said: "Power tie-breakers at Senja station were damaged. Services on the BPLRT will not resume this evening. We are working to recover service by tomorrow morning and are investigating the cause of the incident. Free bus and bus bridging services will continue. We ask commuters to seek alternative transport options."
The public transport operator first announced that there would be no train services in both directions at 6.01pm. Public and shuttle buses are available at affected stations, it added.*
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told Channel NewsAsia that it received a call at 5.47pm about a fire, and sent a fire engine, three Red Rhinos, two fire bikes, an ambulance, and four support vehicles to Senja station.*
SCDF said the fire involved a circuit breaker inside the electrical room, and was put out with a fire extinguisher. No one was injured, and there was no evacuation, SCDF said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, it added.*
Just after 6:45pm, SMRT had said the fire alarm was activated at Senja station at about 6pm.
It earlier SMRT posted on Facebook that a "traction power trip between Pending and Petir stations" had caused the disruption along Bukit Panjang LRT.*
This breakdown comes after SMRT pledged to do better on rail network reliability, following a spate of breakdowns in the past two weeks.*
Commuters took to social media to express frustration about the latest rush hour breakdown.*
sian lrt breakdown again
— jy. (@ForeverSoneee) March 9, 2015
LRT BREAKDOWN. pic.twitter.com/skTaVbH0xQ
— 诗诗.✨ (@wngss_) March 9, 2015
Lrt breakdown. Ugh
— N (@mdnblt) March 9, 2015
- CNA/dl
