Ua hōʻā ke ahi i ka mea maikaʻi Hōkele ʻo Grand Hyatt i ke kaona ʻo Singapore i kēia lā e koi nei i ka neʻe ʻana ma kahi o 500 mau malihini hōkele.
Ma nā kiʻi kīwī, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka uahi mānoanoa e ʻike ana i ka hele ʻana mai ka hōkele e kū kokoke ana i ka moku kūʻai ʻo Orchard Road. Ua hoʻomaka ke ahi mai kahi kapuahi kīhini a me nā dute hoʻopau i loko o kahi hale ʻaina ma ka papahele lua o ka hōkele. Ua hoʻopau ke ahi i nā mea pīpī wai ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā ahi.
Wahi a ka Singapore Civil Defence Force, ua pio koke ke ahi, a ua ʻōlelo nā mea pane pōpilikia ʻaʻohe mea i ʻeha.
E mākaʻikaʻi mau ana nā poʻe kipa i ka Hōkele ʻo Singapore ma kahi o 2 mau hola e like me ka hohono o ke ahi i loko o ka lumi moe. ʻO ke ahi paha ka mea i pōkole ai ka uila ma ka papahele ʻelua, ʻoiai ia i ka pouli.
"Weliweli maoli ka uahi ... ua komo i loko o kuʻu puʻu. Manaʻo wau he mānoanoa, "wahi a Nadiah Yayoh, 40, e hana nei ma kahi hale kūʻai i ka hōkele. "ʻO ka maʻa mau kā mākou nā papa hana ahi a me nā neʻe maʻamau, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ahi ... He haʻawina kēia i aʻo ʻia ʻaʻole e lawe māmā."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Guests were still checking in to the Singapore hotel around 2 hours as the smell of the fire lingered in the lobby.
- The fire started from a kitchen stove and exhaust duct in a restaurant on the second floor of the hotel.
- Ua ʻā ke ahi ma ka hōkele ʻo Grand Hyatt Hotel ma ke kaona ʻo Singapore i kēia lā e koi ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā malihini hōkele ma kahi o 500.
