Firefighters battle Pulau Busing blaze in 'massive operation': SCDF SINGAPORE: Firefighters worked deep into the night on Tuesday (Mar 20) tackling a raging blaze on Pulau Busing, in what the Singapore Civil Defence Force said was expected to be an "extended firefighting operation".
Singapore-20 Mar 2018
128 personnel and 31 firefighting and support vehicles were deployed for the "massive operation", SCDF said in an update at 11.46pm, more than five hours after the fire broke out.
The fire involved an oil storage tank on Pulau Busing, one of the islands off the southern coast of Singapore, which is home to oil and chemical storage facilities.
"Radiant heat from the affected oil storage tank poses a major challenge to the firefighters as they move forward while maintaining a safe distance. Despite the challenge, SCDF firefighters and members of CERT (Company Emergency Response Team) are still pressing on," said SCDF.
The oil storage tank that is on fire belongs to Tankstore, which has a facility on Pulau Busing for storing petroleum and petrochemical products.
Singapore-20 Mar 2018
