The Ibis Hotel Bencoolen successfully upgraded its guest experience by adding "spontaneous combustion" to its list of 16th-floor amenities.

After a lift control panel decided to go out in a blaze of glory, management implemented a safety protocol involving herding confused tourists into the humid street.

One local auntie, clutching her luggage like a shield, was heard shouting, "Wah lao, stay here for what? Lift also can burn, later the whole building become BBQ char siew man!"

SCDF officers arrived to find guests frantically checking their booking apps for refund policies rather than checking for singed eyebrows.

A hotel spokesperson confirmed that the smell of burning electronics provided a much-needed aromatic upgrade to the lobby’s usual scent of budget-friendly despair.

"Luckily I run fast," noted a sweating uncle.

"I thought I check-in hotel, but actually I check-in furnace, damn suay!"