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Posted: 02 May 2004 1424 hrs

Fire breaks out at office at Fu Yuen building
By Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia

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SINGAPORE : A fire broke out on Sunday at a second-floor office at Fu Yuen Building, which is situated at the junction of Beach Road and Middle Road.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force received a call about the fire at about 7am.

Two fire engines, two fire bikes and a support vehicle were despatched.

When officers reached the scene , they managed to contain the fire within 6 minutes.

No one was injured in the incident.

Investigations are underway to find out the cause of the fire. - CNA

Yo.
That's right. I stay in Fu Yuen Building.
AHA^^

Coincidentally, Chin Swee was here too.
Well, we were watching episodes of Naruto late into the night, till around 4am. (don't think my speech about being the advocate of Narutoism is just for show)

The fire alarm sounded at around 630am.
I couldn't really remembered what happened cos I was still drowsy with sleep. I even thought, at one time, that the fire alarm was just part of my dream. Woohoo~ Imagine the consequences of that.

My Dad woke us up. And I just grabbed my HP and wallet.
I didn't even know what to take!?
2 SCDF motorcycles arrived. Initially I thought the fire was just ultra small fry since no fire trunks were dispatched and the only thing I saw was smoke, until 3 fire trunks came! Aha, the fourth one came after the fire was put out.
All the backpackers were already down with their packs and properly dressed(there were a few cute guys, hehe.) I felt like such a moron with my PJs and my uncleansed mouth.

The fire, at one time, got so strong until it almost spread to the 3rd storey. Really scary. It caused something like a mini explosion where the window glass cracked.
Also after the fire was put out, about 10 minutes later sparks were seen and a fire broke out again. But that one didn't remain alive for long.

I was hoping some TV news crew would come interview us.
Aha, it'll be quite cool to even just appear on national TV with my pathetic looks.

The police and SCDF made us gather.
And after almost 80 mins when I first made my way down, they allowed us to go back up.

One major problem was that my parents forgot to close the window, and the smoke was everywhere!
We had soot EVERYWHERE. Even in my nostrils. So all my nose fluid turned black! How gross could that get?

Things calmed down after that.
I only got a pathetic 3 hr sleep. Plus the previous night's 4 hrs, it didn't reach the minimum hrs a person should rest in 1 night, let alone mention 2 nights.

Just as I thought I could catch an eye's wink for a grateful one hr, and just when I gradually lapsed into sleep....

HECK the fire alarm rang!!!
And yeah who wouldn't be scared to hell after the morning's ordeal? So I freaked myself to death and freaked her out too. And after 3 minutes, it stopped. No sign of smoke anywhere.
And yeah I couldn't get to sleep anymore. O_O

What a day.
But that was some experience I've gotten.
Rather exciting though. :)

PS:Sorry chin, I fell asleep and didn't send you out.
And sorry for all the inconveniences.
But remember to continue watching Naruto ok?
We stopped at episode 35, I think. ^_^V