The illegal pyrotechnics display lasted two minutes and residents in the area saw the fireworks reaching the height of a 10-storey block before exploding.As part of the festivities to welcome Hari Raya Puasa 2024, a man decided to set off some fireworks in Yishun, near Housing Board flats.
Alarmed, some of the residents alerted the police, who managed to trace the culprit, Noor Azhar Abdul Abas, using several police cameras in the area. Noor told investigators that he bought a box of fireworks containing 25 cylindrical tubes from an unknown person in Geylang in March.