{
  "id": 2988971,
  "title": "Fire breaks out at York Hotel kitchen at Orchard, 1 person conveyed to hospital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/fire-breaks-out-at-york-hotel-kitchen-at-orchard-1-person-conveyed-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T09:54:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/fire-york-hotel/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A fire broke out at York Hotel on Orchard Road early on August 24, prompting guests to evacuate the premises around 4am. Several individuals, including families with children, were seen gathering outside the hotel entrance in a video shared on social media. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to the incident and confirmed that the fire was confined to the kitchen on the second floor. The fire was quickly brought under control using a fire extinguisher. One person was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital for treatment, but the cause of the fire remains under investigation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}