Huge fire at incineration plant along Tuas Avenue 10
Massive clouds of black smoke were seen rising from a fire at an incineration plant along Tuas Avenue 10 on Friday evening.
According to the Singapore Civil Defence Force's Facebook post, fire fighters arrived within eight minutes after receiving an alert at 5.17pm.
They said that there were three casualties with burn injuries who were sent to the hospital, adding that the fire, which involved "flammable chemicals", was approximately the size of two football fields.
A total of 60 SCDF personnel were involved in the operation. They used 12 cooling jets, including two platform monitors "for aerial fire fighting".
A spokesperson said that they took about 90 minutes to put out the fire.
The fire started at waste management company Veolia Environmental Services. Tests are being carried out by the National Environment Agency and no harmful chemicals have been detected in the air and water around the area.
