--- title: "Nissan van catches fire on zebra crossing near Nex: 'There were a few mini explosions'" url: "/singapore-seen/nissan-van-catches-fire-at-zebra-crossing-near-nex-there-were-a-few-mini-explosions" published: "2024-08-04T02:41:46.000Z" updated: "2024-08-04T06:53:14.000Z" section: "Singapore Seen" authors: ["Ong Su Mann"] tags: ["fire","van fire","scdf","Nex","serangoon"] --- # Nissan van catches fire on zebra crossing near Nex: 'There were a few mini explosions' *No one was hurt. * No one was hurt. A white Nissan NV200 van caught fire at a zebra crossing near Nex shopping mall on Aug 2 evening. Stomper RA and Anonymous share videos of the burning vehicle at the corner of Serangoon Avenue 2 and Upper Serangoon Road. Other videos were also posted online.   2aug2024 serangoon link #GBK6307U nissan nv200 caught fire at the zebra crossing quoted vehicle on fire NEX car park entrance. Posted by SG Road Vigilante - SGRV on Saturday 3 August 2024   "The van was a quarter on fire at first, but in five to eight minutes, the whole van was on fire," said Anonymous. "There were a few mini explosions from the van." She said a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) red rhino arrived first, followed by a fire engine. In response to a Stomp query , the SCDF said it was alerted to the fire at about 6.40pm and extinguished it using a water jet. There were no reported injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation.