SINGAPORE - Shoppers and tenants in Chinatown Point were evacuated on Friday morning (March 12) after a fire broke out. The fire is believed to have started inside Luxury City, a retailer of luxury bags and accessories located on the first floor of the mall. The shop's signage appeared to have been damaged. Ms Sharon Guan, 39, who works in the Samsung shop two units away, said the fire started at around 10.15am "At about 10.25am, there was smoke everywhere on the first floor, and the security told us to leave the premises," she said. "We weren't aware of the fire, but saw it from outside." A video of the incident showed a raging fire in the shop. Large cracks were visible on the glass windows. Around noon, tenants of the mall were told to gather at the entrance for a briefing, but were not allowed to return to their units. At least three fire engines from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were spotted at the scene. An SCDF spokesman said they were alerted to the fire at about 10.25am, and preliminary investigations showed that the fire was of electrical origin. The fire involved a signboard in the store and was extinguished by the mall’s sprinkler system prior to SCDF’s arri...