Overview
- Liu Zheyuan was charged Wednesday with mischief by fire over the Joo Seng flat blaze and was ordered remanded at the Institute of Mental Health for assessment.
- The Monday night fire at Block 14 Joo Seng Road engulfed an 18th-floor HDB unit and sent 10 people, including two firefighters, to Singapore General Hospital.
- Court documents state he burned a pot of charcoal in the living room knowing it would destroy the flat, and he faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine if convicted.
- In Hougang early Tuesday, a coffee shop fire left five people needing hospital care for smoke inhalation and cut power to nearby shops and ATMs.
- SCDF said total fires rose 3% in 2025 to 2,050, with more than half in homes, which frames these back-to-back cases now under investigation.