SCDF firefighters just spent the entire night of 4 March, or about 13 hours so far, of battling a vegetation fire that broke out near the Lim Chu Kang Chinese cemetery on 4 March, and reports indicated that the fire has yet to be fully extinguished.
They were alerted to the fire on on Monday morning, as of night time, the firefighters were still battling the fire. The fire was described as "slow-burning" and "deep-seated" and had burned through an approximately one football field length of vegetation. To make things worse, the fire was aided by extremely windy conditions and thick vegetation. The nearest fire hydrants was also about 2km away, so the firemen had to manually lay the hoses from the fire hydrants.
They are assisted by portable pumps, that were placed at strategic locations at various points to help boost water pressure for effective firefighting. The firefighting was so long, that temporary rest and refreshment area was set up for the firefighters to take turns recuperating.
