Fire erupts at industrial building in eastern Singapore

SINGAPORE, May 9 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out at a two-storey industrial building in eastern Singapore on Friday, according to the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).

The SCDF said it was alerted to the blaze in the Tampines area at around noon. By around 1:40 p.m. local time, firefighters were at the scene deploying five water jets to contain the fire, it said in a Facebook update.

Photos from the scene showed thick black smoke billowing from the building.

The fire prompted office workers and students at a nearby school to evacuate, local media reported. Enditem