A fire at the 112 Bukit Merah Market & Food Centre on the afternoon of March 19 was likely caused by a power-assisted bicycle battery, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force .A grey-haired woman was moving closer to the fire to get a better look but was warned off by the other bystanders. One shouted:"Aunty, aunty, don't burn yourself."In a Facebook post, the SCDF said it was alerted to the fire at about 5.35pm.
The fire involved a PAB parked near a market stall on the ground floor and was extinguished by firefighters from Central Fire Station with a water jet. Three stalls sustained fire and smoke damage.Preliminary investigation indicates that the fire had likely originated from the battery pack of the PAB.
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