Kuala Lampur, April 13 --  

SINGAPORE, April 13 - About 50 residents were evacuated and one person was taken to hospital after a fire broke out in a Housing Board flat in Yishun early yesterday.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted at about 3 am to a fire involving the contents of a second-floor unit at Block 510B Yishun Street 51.

According to The Straits Times, SCDF said the fire had already been extinguished by members of the public using a hose reel and fire extinguisher before its officers arrived.

About 50 residents were evacuated from the block as a precaution by the police and SCDF, the force said.

One person was taken to Singapore General Hospital, SCDF said, adding that the cause of the fir...