About 100 residents from the block at Yishun Ring Road were evacuated by the police after the fire broke out.
SINGAPORE: Five people were taken to hospital on Saturday after a fire broke out in their Housing Board flat in Yishun, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said.
"The fire, which involved contents of the living room and a part of the kitchen, was extinguished by SCDF using a water jet."Five people were rescued from the bedrooms of the flat and taken to Singapore General Hospital. Two of them suffered minor burn injuries, said SCDF. "Hamsters found in multiple pet cages in the service yard of the affected unit were also brought out to safety," SCDF added.
SCDF also noted that a resident had attempted to put out the fire before firefighters arrived at the scene.
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