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Workers try to fight fire, which engulfed three warehouse units, with two garden hoses

May 1, 2013 - 12:55am

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TNP PHOTO: Ariffin Jamar

When someone shouted "fire", Mr Nick Kuah, 40, ran out of his office at 7 Link Road in Jurong and was shocked by what he saw.

Thick, black smoke billowed from one warehouse as flames spread to another.

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Driver loses bus which he regards as more than a ‘wife’ in blaze

April 16, 2013 - 1:32am

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TNP PHOTO: CHOO CHWEE HUA

She was more than a “wife” to me, said Mr Tan Seow Keng at the site of a fire early yesterday morning.

The fire, at a heavy-vehicle carpark on Petir Road, involved two buses, two tipper trucks and a lorry.

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Human remains found in raised tugboat

April 3, 2013 - 1:14am

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Two different sets of human remains were found on sunken tugboat Chumphon, which sank after catching fire at Tanoto Shipyard in Jurong last Tuesday.

It is presumed to be that of the two people who are missing. The boat was raised on Saturday.

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Loud boom, then confusion

April 2, 2013 - 1:42am

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TNP PHOTO: Ariffin Jamar/span>

There was an explosion in the cooking area of Zay Yar Restaurant on the third storey of Peninsula Plaza at around 12.30pm yesterday.

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Jurong tugboat blaze survivor's skin was 'almost falling off'

March 30, 2013 - 2:13am

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When Mr Muhammad and his fellow Naomi crew members saw a man on the burning tugboat Chumphon waving at them, they managed to reach him and pull him away from the wreck.

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Neighbours get fiery awakening during Aliwal Street shophouse blaze

March 29, 2013 - 1:21am

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PICTURE: Courtesy of Abdul Rahim

 

He was only wearing a sarong when he heard a knock on the door. And when he learnt that there was a fire, he had no qualms about running out wearing just that.

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Vessel sinks after blaze at shipyard

March 27, 2013 - 1:29am

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TNP PICTURE: Ariffin Jamar

A MAN was sent to hospital with burns after a fire engulfed four vessels at Tanoto Shipyard in Jalan Samulan near Jurong Island yesterday.

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SCDF officers pull three to safety in HDB fire

January 23, 2013 - 1:34am

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PICTURE: Mohd Ishak

Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers rescued three people who were trapped in a burning three-room flat in Block 619, Hougang Avenue 8 yesterday.

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Top painter saves cat first during blaze

January 16, 2013 - 12:49am

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TNP PHOTO: Kelvin Chng

As a fire raged, Singapore’s first million-dollar painter made a conscious choice between art and life, and chose life.

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