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[h=1]Commuters flee as smoke fills train and station at Tanjong Pagar MRT station[/h]
Smoke at Tanjong Pagar MRT. Video screen capture: Jason Wang
Published: 3:16 PM, August 15, 2016
Updated: 4:29 PM, August 15, 2016
SINGAPORE — Commuters were seen dashing out of a smoke-filled train at Tanjong Pagar MRT station on Monday (Aug 15) afternoon.
Photos and videos posted by eyewitnesses showed the station enveloped in smoke as well. The cause of the incident is unclear.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said on Facebook at 4.15pm that it had contacted SMRT after seeing the video footage of the smoke-filled station platform, and SMRT confirmed that the smoke has since dissipated and SCDF’s assistance was not required.
“As a precautionary measure, SCDF deployed its resources to the train station to investigate on the matter. There is no fire detected and no sign of smoke now at the station. Train service to the station is also not affected,” said SCDF.
SMRT and SCDF are investigating the matter.
Mr Jason Wang, 38, a commuter who witnessed the incident, told TODAY: “Once the train doors opened, smoke was billowing out from the gap between the platform and the train. There was not much of a smell, but my first thought was,’what if there’s a terrorist attack?’
“When the other commuters saw the smoke, they all quickly started running out.”
He said officers at the MRT station made an announcement for commuters not to take any videos and photographs. Commuters evacuated themselves out of the train, according to Mr Wang, who works in sales and was travelling from the Raffles Place MRT station to Tanjong Pagar.
He added that a subsequent announcement declared that the platform was closed due to a train fault.
This story is developing.
[h=1]Commuters flee as smoke fills train and station at Tanjong Pagar MRT station[/h]
Smoke at Tanjong Pagar MRT. Video screen capture: Jason Wang Published: 3:16 PM, August 15, 2016
Updated: 4:29 PM, August 15, 2016
SINGAPORE — Commuters were seen dashing out of a smoke-filled train at Tanjong Pagar MRT station on Monday (Aug 15) afternoon.
Photos and videos posted by eyewitnesses showed the station enveloped in smoke as well. The cause of the incident is unclear.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said on Facebook at 4.15pm that it had contacted SMRT after seeing the video footage of the smoke-filled station platform, and SMRT confirmed that the smoke has since dissipated and SCDF’s assistance was not required.
“As a precautionary measure, SCDF deployed its resources to the train station to investigate on the matter. There is no fire detected and no sign of smoke now at the station. Train service to the station is also not affected,” said SCDF.
SMRT and SCDF are investigating the matter.
Mr Jason Wang, 38, a commuter who witnessed the incident, told TODAY: “Once the train doors opened, smoke was billowing out from the gap between the platform and the train. There was not much of a smell, but my first thought was,’what if there’s a terrorist attack?’
“When the other commuters saw the smoke, they all quickly started running out.”
He said officers at the MRT station made an announcement for commuters not to take any videos and photographs. Commuters evacuated themselves out of the train, according to Mr Wang, who works in sales and was travelling from the Raffles Place MRT station to Tanjong Pagar.
He added that a subsequent announcement declared that the platform was closed due to a train fault.
This story is developing.
