Escalator at Toa Payoh MRT station catches fire
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By Fann Sim | Yahoo! Newsroom – 13 hours agoAn escalator at Toa Payoh MRT station has been shut down after it caught fire and spewed smoke on Tuesday morning.
An SMRT spokesperson told Yahoo! Singapore that at around 9:10am a fault occurred on an up-riding escalator at the concourse level of the station. The escalator was immediately closed for repairs.
"Our team of engineers were on-site at around 9:20am, and are investigating the cause of the fault and preparing to carry out the repair," said the SMRT spokesperson.
As a safety precaution, the down-riding escalator beside the faulty escalator has also been shut down.
According to the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), the fire was put out by the station staff using two fire extinguishers. Nobody was injured in the incident.
The escalator is currently undergoing repairs and investigations are ongoing as to the cause of the fault. -
Let's wait for a statement...
"It was an honest mistake, let's move on"
"It's a freak accident"
"Once in 50 years"
"The accident was unavoidable"
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you know some of the CCL station the escalator alrdy producing loud music le...
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Here comes SBST's spokeperson...
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mi not Tammy...
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somehow they oridi knew wat systemic problems goin to happen but did nothing
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Originally posted by lce:
somehow they oridi ken wat systemic problems goin to happan but did nothing
becoz to them, fix le also no use... becoz it's unavoidable -
Haiz, one incident after another!
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http://sgforums.com/forums/1498/topics/450446
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wah lau eh!
now not only train break down, the station also catch fire!
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population overload causing all sorts of problems. You reap what you sow.
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"It is NOT an income opportunity".
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Those who have been to dover and have taken the escalators there will know that these escalators are hot to the touch (due to it's close proximity to the glass windows, and heat given out by the escalators)
It's another fire waiting to happen.
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trains break down, station catches fire...
next time is interchange????
and they are telling u that this is all unavoidable???
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now they say maintenance not up to standard?
Seriously those who have noticed would know what I mean. SMRT's maintenance crew's work on the escalator are pretty intensive...
Dunno is it too much maintenance or wat..
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I do not know wat u mean by intensive...
is it maintenance every week? or is it maintenance but the crew just open look look see see touch touch?
is there a guage to see intensive anot?
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
I do not know wat u mean by intensive...
is it maintenance every week? or is it maintenance but the crew just open look look see see touch touch?
is there a guage to see intensive anot?
It's like every month there's people opening up to check the internal parts leh... -
to open up and check is one thing... are they doing their job properly is another...
all I'm saying is up the quality of maintanence, not the frequency...
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
to open up and check is one thing... are they doing their job properly is another...
all I'm saying is up the quality of maintanence, not the frequency..
Then all I can say is, in no time all the cranky noises appear again -
Fire fire
burning bright..