Over 100 evacuated after fire at Marine Parade; two hospitalised
By Sok Hwee/Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 30 November 2009 2131 hrs

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	Video Video by MediaCorp viewer Stewart Ang

SINGAPORE: Over 100 people were evacuated from a block of flats in Marine Parade on Monday after a fire broke out in an apartment.

A MediaCorp viewer captured the fire on film as it burnt a 5th floor unit at Block 53, Marine Terrace.

The fire broke out shortly before 3:30pm.

SCDF officers broke into the burning unit and quickly put out the fire which had started in a bedroom.

A Chinese man, who is believed to be in his 40s, was found in the living room with burn injuries. He was rushed to the Singapore General Hospital.

His neighbour - a Chinese woman in her 60s - was sent to the Changi Hospital after complaining of breathing difficulties.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

- CNA/ir