Fire breaks out at Little India DTL construction site

A fire broke out at the Downtown Line Little India work site at Race Course Road on Wednesday night. No one was injured.

SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at the Downtown Line Little India work site at Race Course Road on Wednesday night. No one was injured.

Photos from Channel NewsAsia viewers showed black smoke billowing out of the construction site.

The fire broke out at around 9.30pm and involved three large metal containers measuring about six metres long.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said the fire was at a localised area within the work site and that it was put out in half an hour.

The LTA said the incident will not impact the construction of Stage 2 of the Downtown Line.