Ash from the blaze was carried by the wind into flats as far away as Simei. SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at a two-storey industrial building in Tampines on Friday (May 9), sending dark plumes of smoke and ash into the sky and sparking evacuations from nearby workplaces and a school. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident at 18 Tampines Street 92 at 12.50pm, adding that it deployed five water jets, an aerial monitor from a combined platform ladder and an