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Fire breaks out at Lucky Plaza: No one injured
POSTED: 18 Dec 2015 14:46 **UPDATED: 18 Dec 2015 18:19
Fire engines were seen outside Lucky Plaza. (Photo: Raymond Lum)
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SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at a restaurant on Level 2 of Lucky Plaza shopping centre around 1pm on Friday (Dec 18).
The blaze involved contents inside the restaurant's kitchen, as well as ventilation ducts on Level 1. Eyewitnesses said they had seen smoke coming out of Indonesian Ayam Penyet restaurant Warung Surabaya.
A part-time worker from the restaurant who wanted to be identified as Mr Soh said there were about 40 to 50 patrons in the eatery at the time. The 40-year-old added that the fire started in the kitchen exhaust fan and was "not visible". He added that his boss is overseas and that the restaurant could probably re-open over the weekend.
Ayam Penyet eatery Warung Surabaya at Lucky Plaza where a fire broke out (Photo: Sherlyn Goh)
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident at about 1.10pm, and sent two fire engines, two red rhinos, an ambulance and five support vehicles to the scene. The fire was extinguished with three water jets, SCDF said, adding that no injuries were reported and that it is investigating the incident.*
SCDF officers arriving at the scene. (Photo: Pyae Phyo Lynn)
According to eyewitness Jana Loh, the fire alarm in the mall went off at 1.15pm. An announcement over the public address system at the mall said all was under control, she said, but the SCDF arrived shortly after and another announcement told shoppers to evacuate using the stairs.
Mr Eric Tumewu, 31, general manager at Lucky Plaza optical shop Koolook, said the scene was chaotic:*"It was very crowded. The smoke was very thick."
However, Mr Tumewu said there was no yelling or screaming by shoppers, "only the management shouting at us to move out".
The corridors of the mall were filled with heavy smoke. (Photo: Jana Loh)
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(Video: Jana Loh)
Heavy smoke was seen around the mall, as captured by several social media users.*
Fire breaks out at Lucky Plaza: No one injured
POSTED: 18 Dec 2015 14:46 **UPDATED: 18 Dec 2015 18:19
Fire engines were seen outside Lucky Plaza. (Photo: Raymond Lum)
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SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at a restaurant on Level 2 of Lucky Plaza shopping centre around 1pm on Friday (Dec 18).
The blaze involved contents inside the restaurant's kitchen, as well as ventilation ducts on Level 1. Eyewitnesses said they had seen smoke coming out of Indonesian Ayam Penyet restaurant Warung Surabaya.
A part-time worker from the restaurant who wanted to be identified as Mr Soh said there were about 40 to 50 patrons in the eatery at the time. The 40-year-old added that the fire started in the kitchen exhaust fan and was "not visible". He added that his boss is overseas and that the restaurant could probably re-open over the weekend.
Ayam Penyet eatery Warung Surabaya at Lucky Plaza where a fire broke out (Photo: Sherlyn Goh)
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident at about 1.10pm, and sent two fire engines, two red rhinos, an ambulance and five support vehicles to the scene. The fire was extinguished with three water jets, SCDF said, adding that no injuries were reported and that it is investigating the incident.*
SCDF officers arriving at the scene. (Photo: Pyae Phyo Lynn)
According to eyewitness Jana Loh, the fire alarm in the mall went off at 1.15pm. An announcement over the public address system at the mall said all was under control, she said, but the SCDF arrived shortly after and another announcement told shoppers to evacuate using the stairs.
Mr Eric Tumewu, 31, general manager at Lucky Plaza optical shop Koolook, said the scene was chaotic:*"It was very crowded. The smoke was very thick."
However, Mr Tumewu said there was no yelling or screaming by shoppers, "only the management shouting at us to move out".
The corridors of the mall were filled with heavy smoke. (Photo: Jana Loh)
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(Video: Jana Loh)
Heavy smoke was seen around the mall, as captured by several social media users.*
