Fires In Marauke Lahap 50 Residents' Houses, Including The Office Of Koramil And Polair Wanam

The fire that hit the Wanam area, Merauke Regency, Central Papua, caused the office of Koramil and Pos Polair Wanam to burn down. "It is true from reports received by the Pos Polair office and the Wanam Koramil office were also burned along with dozens of residents' houses," said Head of Public Relations of the Papua Police Kombes Ignatius Benny Prabowo in Jayapura, Papua, Monday, June 26, confiscated by Antara. The fire broke out on Sunday, June 25, causing the fire. "It is not yet known the cause of the fire," he added.

The large number of houses burned down due to most made of wood and adjacent to each other so that the fire quickly spread to scorched the surrounding houses. The people whose houses burned were accommodated in emergency tents, said Kombes Benny.

Merauke Regency, South Papua has 20 districts, one of which is directly adjacent to Papua New Guinea (PNG), namely Sota.