Fire guts Block 663 flat in Yishun; 100 evacuated, two hospitalised

A fire broke out in a fourth-floor flat at Block 663 Yishun Avenue 4 around 7am on 24 June 2018, burning through the living room, kitchen and two bedrooms. Two men in their 20s were hospitalised for smoke inhalation; about 100 residents from units up to the 12th storey were evacuated as a precaution. Grey smoke billowed into the corridor and upper flats in videos that went viral on social media.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force deployed two fire engines, a Red Rhino, two fire bikes, an ambulance and support vehicles. Block 663 gained extra notoriety as the former home of President Halimah Yacob's sixth-floor 'Yistana' residence.

• 24 Jun 2018malaymail.com(foreign-linked news source)