Hotel guests evacuated after shophouses partially collapse along Syed Alwi Road

Hotel guests evacuated after shophouses partially collapse along Syed Alwi Road

SINGAPORE: Two hotels in Little India had to evacuate their guests in the early hours of Tuesday (Oct 8) following the partial collapse of two shophouses on Syed Alwi Road. A third hotel reported damage following the incident. The partial collapse of the two-storey shophouse units at 84 and 85 Syed Alwi Road, which injured six … Read more

Cars stacked on top of each other after mass pile-up along ECP

Cars stacked on top of each other after mass pile-up along ECP

According to a traffic update by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) at 6.33pm, the accident happened before the ECP’s Tanjong Katong Road exit, causing congestion until the Fort Road exit. Motorists are advised to avoid lanes one and two of the expressway, it added. A video and pictures of the accident circulating on social media … Read more

Fire at Loyang data centre, SCDF operations still ongoing after 12 hours

Fire at Loyang data centre, SCDF operations still ongoing after 12 hours

Digital Realty is an international real estate firm that owns and operates data centres. It has three data centres in Singapore – two in Loyang and one in Jurong. It said its response protocol was deployed as soon as the fire alarm was triggered. “All on-site personnel were safely evacuated by 8.15am and no injuries … Read more

Tampines accident: Man to be charged with 4 offences including dangerous driving causing death

Tampines accident: Man to be charged with 4 offences including dangerous driving causing death

SINGAPORE: A 42-year-old car driver will be charged in court on Thursday (Apr 25) with four offences over his involvement in Monday’s multi-vehicle accident in Tampines that killed two people.  The offences under the Road Traffic Act include dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing hurt, the police said late on Wednesday. He will also be charged with … Read more

Fire reported at Eunos industrial area, SCDF urges people to avoid the area

Fire reported at Eunos industrial area, SCDF urges people to avoid the area

SINGAPORE: Firefighters are battling a blaze in an industrial area in Eunos and are urging people to avoid the area. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post at 9.50pm on Tuesday (Apr 2) that it was alerted to a fire at Block 1049, Eunos Avenue 6. The industrial estate is close to … Read more

30-year-old man arrested over alleged attack after staring incident at Orchard Central

30-year-old man arrested over alleged attack after staring incident at Orchard Central

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 30-year-old man over an alleged attack that took place over a staring incident in the early hours of New Year’s Day. The police said on Wednesday (Jan 3) that they had received a call for assistance at 181 Orchard Road – the address for Orchard Central mall – at 4.10am … Read more

Truck driver arrested after motorcyclist killed in seven-vehicle accident in Sungei Kadut

Truck driver arrested after motorcyclist killed in seven-vehicle accident in Sungei Kadut

SINGAPORE: A truck driver was arrested after a motorcyclist was killed on Saturday (Dec 16) in an accident involving four lorries, two trucks and a motorcycle. At about 12.05pm on Saturday, emergency services received reports of the accident at the junction of Woodlands Road and Mandai Estate in Sungei Kadut. Firefighters found a person trapped in … Read more

Fire breaks out in Lavender flat; blaze linked to electric bicycle battery: SCDF

Fire breaks out in Lavender flat; blaze linked to electric bicycle battery: SCDF

Firefighters from Kallang Fire Station responded to the fire at about 11.50pm on Monday. When they arrived at the scene, black smoke was coming out of the unit. There were no occupants inside the flat at the time of the fire, and the firefighters “conducted forcible entry into the unit”. “The fire … was extinguished … Read more