Loud bangs then fire at Tuas incinerator

Source: AsiaOne
Sunday, May 06, 2012      

SINGAPORE - An incinerator at a waste management plant in Tuas caught fire early Sunday morning. According to witness statements, three loud bangs were heard before flames were sighted.
An eyewitness told the Straits Times that technicians on duty were transporting oil sludge into a funnel leading to the incinerator when they heard the three loud explosive bangs, followed by the flames.
The technicians then sounded the alarm and left the control room, which reportedly caught fire just seconds later.
The roof also partially collapsed, reported the English daily.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the fire at around 12.50am at Eco SWM, in Tuas. Deploying three fire engines, SCDF officers put out the fire within 30 minutes of their arrival.
A SCDF spokesperson said that all 25 employees who were onsite when the incident happened are accounted for. No injuries have been reported.

Explosion injures 3 at Kranji Water Reclamation Plant

Published in the Straits Times on Feb 25, 2012

By Jennani Durai

 

An explosion occurred at PUB's Kranji Water Reclamation Plant late on Thursday night, injuring three workers. The men were working at an empty sludge storage tank when the explosion occurred at an adjacent tank at 11.30pm that night.

They were sent immediately to the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Yishun. One of the workers was discharged on the same day and the other two - who sustained head and leg injuries respectively - are now in stable condition, said the PUB in a statement on Saturday.

There were other workers at the plant that day who were not affected by the blast, added a PUB spokesman.