A fire broke out at the boarding gate of Changi Airport Terminal 1 this morning (6 August), causing thick smoke to billowing from the scene, making it difficult for passengers to breathe and having to evacuate the departure lounge.
The fire broke out at Gate D46 of the First Passenger Building at approximately 6:30 a.m., as passengers were preparing to board their flights to Bali.
At this time, an X-ray machine in the machine room suddenly smoked, and a minute later it began to catch fire.
Changi Airport's 1st, 2nd and 3rd Terminals are all screened at the time of entering the departure lounge, so X-ray machines are installed in the departure lounge; The latest Fourth Passenger Building is a unified security check after passing through customs, and the boarding gate adopts an open design.
According to witnesses at the scene, about a minute after the X-ray machine caught fire, airport personnel rushed to extinguish the fire.
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Although the fire was quickly brought under control, the scene was already filled with thick smoke, and passengers were "sheltering" away from the D46 gate to other areas, many of whom covered their mouths and noses as they left.
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Within 15 minutes, airport officials directed passengers to another gate, and video circulating online showed that the affected passengers had withdrawn to near gates D48 and D49.
According to the airport's website, Scoot flight TR280, which was originally scheduled to depart at 7.10am, took off at 8.40am after a one-and-a-half-hour delay and has now arrived safely in Bali.
In response to media queries, a spokesperson for Changi Airport Group said the fire was caused by an electrical malfunction in the X-ray machine in the departure room, and two airport personnel quickly extinguished the fire, with no one injured in the incident.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force confirmed it received a notification at 6.40am about a fire in the departure lounge of Changi Airport. The fire was extinguished by airport staff before the arrival of the Civil Defence Force, and the cause of the X-ray machine fire is still under investigation.
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