Kwaqubuka umlilo endaweni kanokusho Grand Hyatt Ihhotela enkabeni yedolobha laseSingapore namuhla okuphoqa ukuthi kuphume izivakashi ezingaba ngu-500 zamahhotela.
Ezithombeni zikamabonakude, kubonakala kushunqa intuthu emnyama ehhotela eliseduze nesifunda sezitolo se-Orchard Road. Umlilo uqale esitofini sasekhishini kanye nepayipi likagesi endaweni yokudlela esitezi sesibili ehhotela. Izifafazi ngamanzi zicime umlilo ngaphambi kokuba kufike izicishamlilo.
Ngokusho kweSingapore Civil Defence Force, umlilo ucishwe ngokushesha, kanti abezimo eziphuthumayo bathi akekho olimele.
Izivakashi bezisangena ku Ihhotela laseSingapore cishe amahora ama-2 njengoba iphunga lomlilo lalihlala endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi. Kungenzeka ukuthi umlilo ubangele ukunqamuka kukagesi esitezi sesibili, njengoba kwakumnyama.
“Intuthu beyimbi impela ... yangena emphinjeni wami. Ngicabanga ukuthi bekujiyile impela,” kusho uNadiah Yayoh, 40, osebenza esitolo sezimpahla ehhotela. "Ngokujwayelekile siba nezinhlelo zokuvivinya umlilo kanye nokuphuma kwabantu okuvamile, kanye nokuzilolonga ngokucisha umlilo ... Lesi yisifundo esitholakele ukuze singakuthathi kalula."
