Fire breaks out at centralised rubbish centre in Yishun

A fire broke out at a centralised rubbish centre near Block 393 Yishun Avenue 6 on Wednesday night (Dec 9).

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told Stomp that it was alerted to a fire involving the contents of a centralised rubbish centre at around 9.50pm.

Stomper Alean took a photo when she saw firefighters at the scene.

She said: "There was smoke coming from the rubbish centre."

The fire was extinguished by the SCDF using one water jet.

There were no reported injuries and the cause of fire is under investigation.