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Power-assisted bicycle fires double in 2020 even as overall fire incidents dip: SCDF
The fire involved the contents of a 1-bedroom unit and was of electrical origin from a Power-Assisted Bicycle (PAB that was charging at the time of the fire. (Photo: SCDF)
05 Feb 2021 12:40PM) Share this content
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SINGAPORE: The number of power-assisted bicycle (PAB)-related fires doubled in 2020, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said on Friday (Feb 5) in what it called an “area of concern”.
There were 26 PAB-related fires in 2020, up from 13 the year before, annual statistics released by SCDF showed. This figure has fluctuated in recent years, with 22 cases in 2018, seven in 2017 and 17 in 2016.