Several hawkers also pointed out that fire extinguishers are placed beyond their reach on walls outside their stalls. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Foodcourt operator Canopy Hawkers Group will check if additional mitigation measures are needed after hawkers raised concerns followingOne hawker said she had to climb over the fixed counter at the front of her stall when an unattended stove at Long Xiang Ho Chiak Scissors Cut Curry Rice caught fire.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force on Tuesday said that members of the public had put out the fire with a fire extinguisher before its officers arrived. There were no reported injuries.The single-storey hawker centre has 44 stalls, which are arranged in five hexagonal structures of eight to nine stalls each. Each stall has openings at the back leading into a common area shared by other stalls in the same ring.
Madam Lock said that to reach the fire extinguishers placed in front of the stalls, hawkers have to go out the back of their stall, and then past the single common exit door. A hawker, who wanted to be known only as Mr Lee, said: “It’s quite ridiculous. The fire extinguisher is far away. If the back catches fire, then I have to jump out over the front counter.”
She said: “Sometimes, customers with a disability buy my food. Once, it was peak lunch hour and I had to carry someone’s plate to the table for him, but there were other people queuing too. An SCDF spokesman confirmed on Saturday that a Temporary Fire Permit, allowing the owner of the hawker centre to operate for 11 months before obtaining a Fire Safety Certificate, was issued to Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre on Sept 13.
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