GRAND HYATT FIRE: 'I looked out outside my window and I saw huge, blackish smoke,” an eyewitness tells Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: Emergency services were seen responding to a fire at the Grand Hyatt hotel at Scotts Road on Wednesday .Technical executive Muhammad Syukur B Mohd Haris, 24, told Channel NewsAsia he was walking around Orchard Road when he saw thick smoke in the area.
The entrance of the hotel was sealed off when Channel NewsAsia visited the scene at noon. Scores of onlookers were gathered outside the adjacent Far East Plaza.AdvertisementEmergency services parked at the entrance of the Grand Hyatt at Orchard Road on Wednesday Mar 27, 2019. “After sometime - I was on the 21st floor - I looked out outside my window and I saw huge, blackish smoke from my room window and saw a lot of fire engines with the sirens."He said that the ensuing evacuation was"professionally managed" and that there was no panic.
Another person who was in the hotel at the time said guests were told the fire was from the Mezza9 restaurant.
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