As per reports, two fire outbreaks at Yishun Avenue resulted in several evacuations on Friday (23 August).

• The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) stated it was alerted to the fire at Block 392 at around 1325 hours.
• Firefighters forcefully entered the affected unit on the sixth floor and extinguished the fire in the living room using a water jet.
• SCDF said that the fire involved a personal mobility device (PMD) in the living room and that preliminary findings indicated that the cause of the fire was likely to be of electrical origin from the PMD battery.
• The second fire occurred at Block 345 Yishun Avenue 11. Firefighters from Yishun Fire Station were alerted to the incident at about 2340 hours.
• Preliminary investigations indicate that the fire had likely originated from power-assisted bicycle (PAB) batteries in the bedroom.
• No injuries were reported in both incidents.