Yet another HDB flat fire! Bukit Purmei flat

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3 people taken to hospital after fire at Bukit Purmei flat​

BNB Diviyadhaarshini
Thu, 21 August 2025 at 11:38 am GMT+10·2-min read

SINGAPORE - Three people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out in an HDB flat in the Bukit Merah area on the morning of Aug 21.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post that it was alerted to a fire at Block 108 Bukit Purmei Road at about 2.30am.

The living room of a 12th-floor unit was on fire when firefighters arrived at the scene.

SCDF forcibly entered the unit and extinguished the fire with a water jet. The fire was confined to the living room.

During the fire-fighting operation, three people were rescued from two bedrooms. They were conscious and assessed for smoke inhalation, and taken to Singapore General Hospital.

Police and SCDF officers evacuated about 50 people from the affected block as a precautionary measure.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Radin Mas SMC MP Melvin Yong said in a Facebook post on the afternoon of Aug 21 that those who were evacuated for safety have been allowed to return home.

He added that the Tanjong Pagar Town Council has completed clean-up works along the common corridor of the affected floor. It will begin degreasing works soon so that the affected areas can be repainted.

SCDF said in a Facebook post that it was alerted to a fire at Block 108 Bukit Purmei Road at about 2.30am.
There have been eight fire-related deaths so far in 2025 – an increase from five in 2024, and three in 2023, according to SCDF statistics.

In early August, two people died after a fire in a flat in Jalan Bukit Merah. A 34-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were found unconscious in the kitchen of a fourth-floor unit by SCDF.

They were taken to Singapore General Hospital, where they subsequently died.

On the evening of July 22, a man and a woman were found unconscious after a fire broke out in an HDB flat in Toa Payoh.

They were pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic.

In April, a 10-year-old Australian girl died after a fire broke out at a shophouse in River Valley Road.

Twenty-one other people were injured in the fire at Tomato Cooking School, which runs cooking lessons and camps for children.

On Jan 9, a married couple and their teenage daughter died after a fire in a five-room flat broke out in Hougang.

Firefighters had to force their way into the unit, but faced challenges because of the excessive amount of items and heavily smoke-logged conditions inside.

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