Category: product liability insurance
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Warehouse Fire At Gul Drive
A warehouse at Gul Drive caught fire last Saturday morning, which resulted in 13 emergency vehicles and 50 firefighting personnel being deployed to contain the blaze. The fire involved waste materials in the warehouse which measured 20 meters by 40 meters. As a result of the large area, firefighters had to take about 2 hours…
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Cargo Ship Fire
Recently, a cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars caught fire while being transported from Germany to Rhode Island. While it was a relief that the crew members were safely rescued from the ship, the same cannot be said for the estimated 4000 vehicles aboard the cargo ship (Felicity Ace). The huge fire likely engulfed…
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Fires At Industrial Sites
Within a short span of 1 week, there were 2 large fires that occurred at industrial sites. The first one took place on 21 Jan 2022 at Gul Lane, where the fire was about the size of a football field and utilized 20 emergency vehicles from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and 70 firefighters…
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Mapletree Settlement
2 years back in 2019, Hong Kong saw months of protests against what citizens perceived to be China interference in its politics. What began as peaceful protests ultimately turned violent, with clashes often between protesters and the police. Public properties such as MTR stations, schools, government buildings were vandalized and even private properties weren’t spared…
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Fire At La Taperia
Just as Singapore started to let 5 vaccinated diners from different households to gather at restaurants and eateries, a fire broke out at La Taperia, a Spanish restaurant under the Les Amis Group, at Shaw Centre in Orchard. As a result, lunch bookings at the restaurant had to be cancelled and shoppers had to be…