A massive blaze and plumes of black smoke could be seen at Jurong Island on Wednesday (April 20) afternoon after an oil tank caught fire .
Noting that "the intensity of the fire caused the affected tank to fold and buckle", the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said at about 6.40pm more than three hours after they were notified of the fire that the firefighting operation was still ongoing and it "is expected to be a prolonged operation". The oil tank belonged to Jurong Aromatics Corp, located at 23 Tembusu Road, and contained light crude oil. It measured about 40m in diameter and 20m in height. "Upon SCDF’s arrival, the fire was raging and the in-house company emergency response team (CERT) was already fighting the fire with ground water monitors. A large 6000 gallons per minute foam monitor has been deployed to mitigate the fire. Several ground water monitors and fixed drencher systems were also used to cool down two oil tanks that were nearby. No casualties have been reported so far. Jurong Aromatics has not been contactable since the fire was first reported at about 3 pm.