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9. Property damage. SG $21 million. On 21 November 1972, a fire broke out at a Robinson & Co. department store in Raffles Place, Singapore. The fire killed nine people and is regarded as one of the worst fires in Singapore's history. A subsequent investigation revealed the cause of the fire was a short circuit.
In 1888, the Singapore Fire Brigade was established as a fully-equipped professional brigade with sufficient funding. By 1909, there were a total of three built stations servicing Singapore, namely Central Fire Station at Hill Street, Cross Street and Kallang Fire Stations. In 1980, the brigade was officially renamed the Singapore Fire Service ...
An exit sign is a pictogram or short text in a public facility (such as a building, aircraft, or boat) marking the location of the closest emergency exit to be used in an emergency that necessitates rapid evacuation. Most fire, building, health, and safety codes require exit signs that are always lit. Exit signs are intended to be unmistakable ...
The Central Fire Station ( Chinese: 中央消防局; Malay: Balai Bomba Pusat) is the oldest existing fire station in Singapore, and is located at Hill Street in the Museum Planning Area, within the Central Area. It is opposite Funan mall. The building currently houses the Civil Defence Heritage Gallery, the official museum of the Singapore ...
96. Singapore Airlines Flight 006 was a scheduled passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now known as Taoyuan International Airport) near Taipei, Taiwan. On 31 October 2000, at 23:18 Taipei local time (15:18 UTC ), the Boeing 747-412 operating the flight ...
The Penal Code 1871 sets out general principles [ 1] of the criminal law of Singapore, as well as the elements and penalties of general criminal offences such as assault, criminal intimidation, mischief, grievous hurt, theft, extortion, sex crimes and cheating. [ 2] The Penal Code does not define and list exhaustively all the criminal offences ...
The Emergency Stop Plunger, found in all MRT stations, enables trains to be stopped before entering stations in case of an emergency. The safety of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore was questioned by the public after several accidents on the system during the 1980s and 1990s. Most problems have been addressed, and many safety ...
Firefly (stylised as firefly) is a low-cost airline subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines that offers flights within Malaysia, as well as to Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. [1] Firefly operates from its main hub at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang and Penang International Airport, as well as its secondary hub at Kota Kinabalu International Airport.