SINGAPORE — The pit cover of the fire hydrant nearest to Monday’s (Jan 9) blaze along East Coast Road was stuck and could not be dislodged initially, so firefighters followed standard procedure to proceed to the next nearest hydrant.
was stuck and could not be dislodged initially, so firefighters followed standard procedure to proceed to the next nearest hydrant.
In its statement, SCDF also said that the fire hydrant with the stuck pit cover was last found to be in proper working condition in its last operation test conducted in December 2021.Eyewitnesses to Monday’s fire — which damaged six terrace houses and injured one person — told TODAY that they watched emergency responders take half an hour to get a fire hydrant to work.
At this point, the fire was “well alight” at two of the units, and was threatening to spread to two adjacent units via the roof. However, the pit cover of the nearest hydrant was stuck, and attempts to dislodge it were unsuccessful. SCDF did not say the reason why the fire hydrant was stuck.Water supply from this hydrant, which was about 100m from the affected units, was established at about 12.06am.channelled to the Light Fire Attack Vehicle’s water monitor to fight the fire, a decision was made to redirect it to the fire engine’s water tank to ensure that there was no water disruption to the two water jets.
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