Overview

• SCDF says the fire involved a personal mobility aid and bicycles at the seventh-floor lift lobby and it was swiftly extinguished.
• About 90 residents were evacuated as a precaution, while 11 people aged between 18 months and 85 were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
• The boys, both 16, were each charged with mischief by fire and were released on bail with electronic tagging and travel-document surrender.
• Prosecutors sought three weeks to complete investigations, the case is slated for mention on Oct 17, and the charge carries up to seven years’ jail and a fine.
• Reporters observed scorched walls and ceiling on the seventh floor as town council teams and community volunteers began cleanup and assistance, with no fatalities reported.