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With the recent incidents, it is important to know what to do when your car catches fire. Hope it helps any of you drivers! When you observe smoke or flames coming from your car,

1. Slow down, signal and drive to the side of the road.
2. Turn off the engine and evacuate from the vehicle immediately.
3. Dial 995 for help.
4. Use the fire extinguisher in your car to put out the fire while it is still small but do not put yourself and others in danger.
5. If the fire gets big, move away from your car to a safe area and wait for the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) to arrive.

6. Warn oncoming traffic of the burning vehicle and keep onlookers and others away from the fire.

Also, found a Q&A that might be useful as well!
http://www.motorist.sg/ask-motorists/333/why-do-cars-catch-fire?utm_source=forum&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=mcf

 

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With the recent incidents, it is important to know what to do when your car catches fire. Hope it helps any of you drivers! When you observe smoke or flames coming from your car,

1. Slow down, signal and drive to the side of the road.

2. Turn off the engine and evacuate from the vehicle immediately.

3. Dial 995 for help.

4. Use the fire extinguisher in your car to put out the fire while it is still small but do not put yourself and others in danger.

5. If the fire gets big, move away from your car to a safe area and wait for the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) to arrive.

6. Warn oncoming traffic of the burning vehicle and keep onlookers and others away from the fire.

 

Also, found a Q&A that might be useful as well!

http://www.motorist.sg/ask-motorists/333/why-do-cars-catch-fire?utm_source=forum&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=mcf

 

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Whose bmw caught fire at BKE slip road to SLE towards Woodlands at 4pm just now. Car oredy on chevron and scdf oredy put out the fire but people drive slow to gawk and be the kaypo.......sorry, no picture available.

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Van catches fire in CTE tunnel during evening rush

 

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A vehicle caught fire on the Central Expressway (CTE) yesterday evening. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a tweet on its traffic news channel at 5.21pm that there had been an accident in the CTE tunnel towards the Ayer Rajah Expressway, before the Outram Road exit.
 
It tweeted about the accident again about 20 minutes later, advising motorists to avoid lanes 2 and 3.
 
A video sent in by Straits Times reader Ng Ek Seng shows a van on fire. In the video, officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) are spotted at the site, and a few men can be seen directing traffic.
 
When ST arrived at the scene at about 6.30pm, the fire had been put out.
 
A resident living at Block 10, Jalan Kukoh, which overlooks the tunnel, told ST that residents there heard "some explosions at around 5.10pm" and saw smoke filling the area.
 
The resident added that SCDF was very fast in putting out the blaze.
 
An SCDF spokesman told ST that its officers used two compressed air foam backpacks and two water jets to put out the fire within 10 minutes of their arrival.
 
No one was injured and the cause of the fire is under investigation. The accident caused congestion on the CTE up to the Orchard Road exit, LTA said in a tweet.
 

 

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Van catches fire in CTE tunnel during evening rush

 

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A vehicle caught fire on the Central Expressway (CTE) yesterday evening. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a tweet on its traffic news channel at 5.21pm that there had been an accident in the CTE tunnel towards the Ayer Rajah Expressway, before the Outram Road exit.

 

It tweeted about the accident again about 20 minutes later, advising motorists to avoid lanes 2 and 3.

 

A video sent in by Straits Times reader Ng Ek Seng shows a van on fire. In the video, officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) are spotted at the site, and a few men can be seen directing traffic.

 

 

When ST arrived at the scene at about 6.30pm, the fire had been put out.

 

A resident living at Block 10, Jalan Kukoh, which overlooks the tunnel, told ST that residents there heard "some explosions at around 5.10pm" and saw smoke filling the area.

 

The resident added that SCDF was very fast in putting out the blaze.

 

An SCDF spokesman told ST that its officers used two compressed air foam backpacks and two water jets to put out the fire within 10 minutes of their arrival.

 

No one was injured and the cause of the fire is under investigation. The accident caused congestion on the CTE up to the Orchard Road exit, LTA said in a tweet.

 

Van not diesel one meh

I thought diesel wont catch fire one?

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1 van catches fire ... 10 people stand there and use eye power staring the van until fire subside?

no wonder govt need more $$ spending [mad]

 

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1 van catches fire ... 10 people stand there and use eye power staring the van until fire subside?

no wonder govt need more $$ spending [mad]

 

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they only start eye power after fire put out by SCDF...
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