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Looking to the north direction, thick dark smokes are seen billowing into the sky, most likely from the Kranji industrial area at the farside.
Strange things could happen on a Sunday afternoon when very few workers are around in the factories.
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"Biggest fire in 5 years razes factory.
AN INFERNO swept through a factory complex in the Sungei Kadut area near Woodlands yesterday afternoon, razing several tin shacks." -- The Straits Times, August 4, 2008 Monday
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Channel NewsAsia: "Sungei Kadut factory fire brought under control
SINGAPORE: Fanned by strong winds in the area, a fire at a factory in Sungei Kadut Street 1 blazed for almost four hours before it was brought under control at 7.30pm.
It is believed the factory, Tiong Soon Hup, deals largely with timber.
A spokesman for the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it first received a call about the fire at 3.30pm.
12 fire-fighting appliances, nine support vehicles and 70 fire-fighters were sent to the scene to fight the blaze.
No injuries have been reported and all staff have been accounted for. The neighbouring units were also evacuated as a precaution.
The factory owner was devastated by the fire. Madam Toh said: "We have nothing left. What (losses) are there left to estimate? Thirty years of blood, sweat, all gone."
The fire caught the attention of passengers on an MRT train passing through the area, and some sent footage and photos of the fire to Channel NewsAsia."
- CNA/ir
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LATEST: The Straits Times, August 5, 2008 Tuesday
"Little left as Sungei Kadut tenants return to blaze scene
Preliminary findings show smouldering ash from joss paper may have caused the fire"
By Esther Tan & Elizabeth Wilmot
"SHELL-SHOCKED tenants at a razed factory complex in Sungei Kadut were left picking up the scraps of what remained of their shops yesterday.
A raging fire, which took four hours to bring under control, blazed through the building on Sunday and destroyed about 40 units.
A day later, at least 10 tenants were milling around, trying to salvage what they could and to come to terms with their losses.
Most of the shop units, ranging from 800 to 1,200 sq m, were rented by small woodwork companies. The remainder housed tyre manufacturers.
Most of the shops were not insured. 'No one wants to insure us. We're considered a fire-prone industry,' said Mr Phuah Lam Teng, 62, who owned Aik Boon Furniture which was totally destroyed.
He estimates his losses at a few thousand dollars.
Mr Lee Choo Choong, owner of Yong Lee Furnitures, had it worse. He said his losses amounted to about $30,000.
'What can I do now? I'm resigned to fate. My mind is a blank now,' Mr Lee, 63, said.
One person was seen wheeling away a piece of furniture that had escaped the wrath of the raging flames.
Some tenants appear to be laying the blame for the fire on wood-recycling company Tiong Soon Hup. Mr Phuah said in Mandarin: 'Some of my neighbours here saw a man burning a huge mound of joss paper in front of his shop on Saturday.'
The man was seen returning the next day, before the inferno started at about 3.30pm, to sweep up the ashes and throw them into a rubbish dumpster near the shop.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said yesterday its preliminary investigations found the smouldering ashes may have set the other contents of the dumpster ablaze.
One of the owners of Tiong Soon Hup, Madam Toh Kuan Whay, 54, confirmed that her husband was burning joss papers on Saturday, but claimed they did not burn anything on Sunday.
'It's unfair for them to blame us. We were here on Sunday only to rescue our five dogs,' she said in Mandarin.
Madam Toh said she heard about the fire from one of her workers and rushed down to save the dogs. Her shop was also destroyed.
The affected tenants were also left wondering yesterday if the fire hydrants used to fight the blaze had failed.
Some of them told The Straits Times that two nearby hydrants did not work and the firefighters had to call in the Public Utilities Board (PUB) to fix them.
But the SCDF clarified that fire hydrants on the premises were working and were used to fight the blaze.
When more fire engines arrived at the scene, hydrants along the main road were used as well.
At the same time, SCDF contacted PUB to boost the water pressure of the fire hydrants on the site.
For Mr Phuah, the burning down of his shop signals his retirement after 50 years of carpentry work.
'I won't be starting over again. I'll just stay home and look after my two-month-old grandson,' he said."
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good job, and well done!
vincentyeo88 2 years ago
im rom station 43..i fought the fire too
88acit 2 years ago
well done and good job!
vincentyeo88 3 years ago
well done and good job!
vincentyeo88 3 years ago
me too..im from station 44..3rd arriving crew..
mcrdrummer 3 years ago
good job, well done! please keep up the good work.
vincentyeo88 3 years ago
i was there fighting the fire:)
part of 5 yrs history
starbra 3 years ago