2 Traffic Police officers taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after vehicle catches fire on BKE

SINGAPORE – Two Traffic Police (TP) officers were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation after their vehicle caught fire at an expressway exit early on Aug 21.

The incident happened at about 12.10am on BKE towards Woodlands, at the slip road into SLE, according to the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).

The police said the two TP officers were patrolling when they saw smoke emitting from the vehicle engine compartment and immediately evacuated.

Both officers and a member of the public then tried to put out the fire before SCDF firefighters extinguished it with a water jet.

The two TP officers were subsequently taken conscious to Singapore General Hospital for smoke inhalation.

In a video posted on Facebook, a vehicle is seen being engulfed in flames on the left side of a road bend, with no other vehicles passing on that road.

Later in the same video, several firefighters are seen trying to extinguish the blaze, with a thick smoke cloud rising from the vehicle on fire.