Our school was engulfed in smoke from the fire near the Tampines Service Road where vegetation over an area of about three football fields was razed yesterday. According to the news report on Straits Times it took 90 firefighters more than three hours to bring the flames under control. Twenty officers stayed overnight to ensure that all the embers were fully put out. Five fire engines were dispatched and a total of 12 water jets were set up to bring the blaze under control. The SCDF reported that no one was injured from the fire.
Students were asked to leave the school if they had nothing else on but many of us stayed in the hall for the briefing for the overseas learning journeys. I supposed I was quite badly affected as I had irritated eyes and running nose whole night as well as a bit of whizzing. I had to see the doctor today as I feared it would worsen my asthmatic condition.
According to the report on 10 March, there had been a total of 206 bush fires here so far this year, with more than half occurring last month. Last month was the driest ever February and one of the hottest on record. Experts have blamed the recent bush fires on the El Nino weather pattern which is linked to the warming of the Pacific Ocean.
Videos below showing the smoke from the bush fire at around 4 pm. It was stronger around 1pm.
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