SINGAPORE – A postgraduate student was conscious when taken to the hospital following a fire in a research laboratory in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on April 17.

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at 21 Nanyang Link on April 17 at 1.50pm.

The Straits Times’ checks indicate that the address is that of NTU’s School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology as well as the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

SCDF added that the fire involved contents in a fume hood in a laboratory on the fourth floor of the premises.

The fire was put out by NTU’s staff members with a fire extinguisher before SCDF’s officers arrived.

One person was taken to Singapore General Hospital.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, said SCDF.

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In a media reply, NTU said the “small, isolated fire” happened in a research laboratory, and was put out by the university’s Emergency Response Team.

NTU added it is in contact with the postgraduate student taken to hospital and is providing support.

Pictures on social media show people gathered outside a building, with fire engines and an ambulance at the scene.

SINGAPORE – Some customers of several telecommunications companies, including Singtel, StarHub and M1, reported issues with broadband services on the morning of April 18.

Spikes in reports about multiple service providers, including Simba, MyRepublic and ViewQwest, started at about 10.30am, according to tracker DownDetector.

At their peak between 10.35am and 10.55am, there were some 278 outage reports by Singtel users, 183 by StarHub users and 79 by M1 users.

In a Facebook post at 11.45am, Singtel said the issue might be related to some on-site construction activities affecting all operators.