UPDATE on Nov. 1, 8:50pm: This article has been updated with more information from SCDF.
A huge fire has broken out at an industrial area at Eunos Ave 7.
Videos online showed crowds gathering to observe the blaze. A towering plume of smoke was visible some distance away from the site.
A fire engine could also be seen parked on the road.
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In a Facebook post on Nov. 1, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) shared that they have been alerted to the fire at 1079 Eunos Ave 7.
SCDF officers have been deployed and are currently at the scene fighting the blaze.
In a subsequent update, SCDF shared that they were alerted to the fire at about 5:30pm.
The fire involved building materials and office equipment and had engulfed three workshop units.
The fourth unit was partially affected at the roof area, but firefighters managed to prevent the fire from spreading further.
16 emergency vehicles and about 60 firefighters are deployed.
To contain the fire, firefighters surrounded the affected units with two water jets, two water monitors, an aerial monitor, and a firefighting machine to contain the fire.
Firefighting operations are still ongoing.
There are no reported injuries as of the time of the second update.
Top photo from Weixiang Schrödinger Lim/FB
