If you only viewed the trending clips, you’d think that Singapore’s well-known opulent hotel was becoming a large smokestack. The thick black smoke poured off the roof of Marina Bay Sands on Monday after noon, and tourists were looking in awe, phones at the ready to post.
Here’s what we found out from the ending first:
- No guests hurt.
- Fire out quickly.
- Hotel open for business.
- Instagram had the most drama.
So, what did happen?
Likely on October 28, 2025, at approximately 3:40 PM, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a dispatch about a fire at 1 Bayfront Avenue — the home of Singapore’s iconic MBS towers. When they arrived on the scene, the flames had disappeared. Hotel staff on-site had taken a hose reel and extinguished the fire before firefighters exited the truck. The fire was reportedly in connection to some flaming plastic mats on the 55th floor of Tower 3.
How did it get started?
Based on the investigation, it is likely the fire was associated with welding of some kind. Sparks, plastics, rooftop hospitality high-rise, you get the idea, its not a good situation for unwanted smoke signals.
Thankfully, it was in a restricted maintenance area on the roof of MBS, meaning no guests in the vicinity, no room service carts on fire, just one type of drama, for Instagram.
MBS Reaction
A spokesperson verified the fire and clarified that:
- The public had no access to the area involved
- Operations proceeded as usual
- They are cooperating with local authorities to discover the full circumstances
For most inside the hotel, it’s probably unlikely that they knew anything happened. Outside? A different story. Video of the smoke traveled quickly on social media, enhancing the visual perspective to make it more alarming than what it actually was.
It was a small, visual fire. Everyone is safe. No explosion. And the Marina Bay Sands still stands on the skyline, glowing as it usually does.
The internet, at times, has a way of inflating the smoke beyond the fire — literally speaking!
