Truck catches fire on PIE near Bedok; driver taken to hospital
The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted to a vehicle fire at 12.25am on June 7, 2021 on the Pan Island Expressway, in the direction of Changi Airport, before the Bedok Reservoir Road exit.
SINGAPORE — A man in his 40s was taken to hospital after the truck he was driving caught fire on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) in the early hours of Monday (June 7).
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told TODAY that it was alerted to a vehicle fire at about 12.25am on the PIE, in the direction of Changi Airport, before the Bedok Reservoir Road exit.
A TODAY journalist who passed by the scene saw the truck in flames and thick smoke rising from it.
The fire was extinguished with two water jets, SCDF said.
The driver was taken to Changi General Hospital in Simei.
His condition is unclear. The hospital said that it could not comment on the driver's condition owing to patient confidentiality.
When asked what the truck was carrying, SCDF said that it had no further details.
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
