A woman who had just bought a set of mini pot noodles at a Bukit Batok hawker stall realised the fire in the mini pot was burning out and decided to ask a stall assistant to add more fuel. When the 60-year-old female stall assistant poured some gel fuel into the burner to revive the flame, the resulting explosion charred the customer's belongings and nearly burnt her hair.     Staff poured gel fuel directly to revive flame   This incident took place at a hawker stall located at 155 Bukit Batok Street 11 at around 11am, according to Shin Min Daily News (Shin Min). The customer, Wei Yuqin (transliteration from Chinese), told Shin Min she ordered a fishball noodles dish from the stall, which came in a mini pot. However, not long after it was served, the fire in the burner was almost extinguished, so Wei asked for a combustion aid to make the flame stronger. In response, a female stall assistant came over and lifted up the pot to pour gel fuel directly into the burner. Wei claimed she had warned the stall assistant not to do it as it felt dangerous, but the stall assistant told her it was no problem.   Fuel landed on hair from explosion   Right as the stall assistant was pouring in the gel fuel, Wei heard a loud bang as flames exploded from the mini-pot burner. Flames landed on Wei's handphone and two plastic bags containing her belongings. Wei claimed some of the fuel landed on her hair, so she fled from the table and managed to avoid getting burned. A few customers nearby acted quickly to help put out the fire. Wei's two bags appeared to have been charred from the incident.   Image from Shin Min Daily News.   Wei said that this was not her first time patronising that particular stall. She pointed out that on previous occasions, she had seen stall assistants pouring in the gel fuel slowly from the side of the burner instead of "vertically" onto the fire.   Stall assistant said it was an accident & her first time   The 60-year-old stall assistant told Shin Min that it was her first time adding gel fuel to a burner for a customer. She said that it was an accident and that she didn't know that the fuel shouldn't be poured directly onto an open fire. "It gave me a shock, and I felt guilty for causing it. Thankfully, the customer was unhurt," she shared.   Customer refunded by stall   The noodle stall manager, surnamed Huang, told Shin Min that the stall has since apologised to Wei and given her a refund. Huang said that the stall takes this matter seriously and will be more careful when handling fuel in the future.

A 59-year-old woman was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon after she was allegedly seen carrying a pair of scissors in her bag near Block 252 Choa Chu Kang Ave 2 at around 10:20am on Jun. 2.         The police has seized the scissors as a case exhibit, the Singapore Police Force told Mothership. The woman was referred to the Insitute of Mental Health under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act. She is also assisting with investigations into voluntarily causing hurt and dishonest misappropriation of property. The police added that no injuries were reported, and police investigations are ongoing.   Woman 'screamed multiple times' when questioned by police   According to the source that tipped Shin Min Daily News off, the woman screamed multiple times when questioned by the police near Keat Hong Shopping Centre before she was arrested. In a video provided by the source, the woman, who was wearing a white shirt, patterned pants, and a mask, could be heard murmuring to herself while seated on the ground, restrained by four police officers.   Allegedly quarrelled with drinks stall staff before her arrest   The female owner of a drinks stall at the coffee shop nearby told Shin Min that the woman came by to buy coffee at around 10am that day. However, the woman suddenly began cursing at the stall's female employee, asking the employee what she could achieve with all her hard work. "The woman then asked my employee to become a sex worker and said she could earn S$5,000 per month. My employee cursed back at the woman, but I know the woman had mental issues, so I told my employee not to engage with her further," recounted the owner. Shin Min reported that it understands that the woman subsequently went to another shop and allegedly elbowed an employee there before she supposedly stole feminine products from a third grocery store.   Scissors allegedly used to cut bread for bird-feeding   A patron at the coffee shop, who declined to be named told, the Chinese daily that the woman probably used the scissors she was carrying to cut bread before feeding it to the birds, as bird-feeding was one of her hobbies. Besides feeding birds, the owner of the drinks stall said the woman also liked to feed cats and had once tried to feed an animal near her stall. "At that time, she said I was insane and asked what I had to do with [her feeding animals]. I told her I own this place, asked her to leave, and told her not to come back ever again," the owner recounted.

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