Due to an electric bicycle: Fire broke out at Geylang, suspectedly because of a battery being left charging
A fire broke out in a unit on the seventh floor of Casa Aerata apartment building on Lorong 26 Geylang this evening. For safety reasons, police and the Civil Defence Force evacuated nearby resident...
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