{"id":1134,"date":"2025-06-23T07:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T07:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/fire-breaks-out-in-empty-bunk-at-pulau-tekongs-basic-military-training-centre-no-injuries\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T07:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T07:10:09","slug":"fire-breaks-out-in-empty-bunk-at-pulau-tekongs-basic-military-training-centre-no-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/fire-breaks-out-in-empty-bunk-at-pulau-tekongs-basic-military-training-centre-no-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire breaks out in empty bunk at Pulau Tekong&#8217;s Basic Military Training Centre, no injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div readability=\"39\">\n<p class=\"font-secondary text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">A fire broke out in an unoccupied accommodation block at the Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) on Pulau Tekong on the afternoon of June 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The fire alarm was triggered at about 1.50pm that day, and the fire was extinguished by BMTC staff who heard the alarm and spotted the smoke, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in a statement on June 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">No BMTC staff or trainees were injured, it said, adding that the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was also activated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">No one was in the affected bunk when the blaze started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">In a video of the aftermath of the fire uploaded to TikTok, the interior of the bunk appears heavily charred, with soot covering the walls and ceiling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Mattresses are overturned, and the floor is wet. Exposed electrical wiring is visible in several areas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"font-secondary text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The video caption said the fire broke out in the Viper company&rsquo;s bunk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is assisting the SCDF in investigating the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Mindef said &ldquo;the SAF remains committed to upholding high standards of fire safety to ensure a safe environment for our service personnel. As the investigation is ongoing, we are unable to provide further comments at this juncture&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p>Calista Wong for The Straits Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>Fire breaks out in empty bunk at Pulau Tekong&rsquo;s Basic Military Training Centre, no injuries<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire broke out in an unoccupied accommodation block at the Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) on Pulau Tekong on the afternoon of June 20. The fire alarm was triggered at about 1.50pm that day, and the fire was extinguished by BMTC staff who heard the alarm and spotted the smoke, the Ministry of Defence&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/fire-breaks-out-in-empty-bunk-at-pulau-tekongs-basic-military-training-centre-no-injuries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Fire breaks out in empty bunk at Pulau Tekong&#8217;s Basic Military Training Centre, no injuries&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}