The Fire Occurs In The Cakung Barat Area

JAKARTA - A large fire occurred on Jalan Rusun Rusun Publik Integrated Child Friendly (RPTRA) Albo Lestari, Cakung Barat Village, Cakung District, East Jakarta.

The massive fire scorched the stalls and piles of wood covering an area of 2,000 square meters.

The East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) received fire information from residents at around 19:53 WIB and immediately deployed firefighters to extinguish the fire.

The flames looked violent, and even the black smoke was so big and thick that it billowing upwards.

The East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. officers also struggled to extinguish the red rooster who continued to destroy the stalls and piles of wood.

"The cause of the fire is not yet known," said Head of the Operations Section of the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Gatot Sulaeman when met at the fire location, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, October 6.

According to him, the fire started from the back area and spread to the front by scorched the pile of wood.

"I don't know where the fire came from, suddenly the fire had grown," he said.

His party also deployed 26 fire engines with 135 personnel to extinguish the fire.

The fire department is experiencing difficulties in extinguishing the fire, in addition to the dense flow of vehicles on Jalan Tipar, Cakung, but also times to supply water is also far away.

"The strong enough wind made the fire spread quickly to other parts," said Gatot.

However, until now. officers are still struggling to extinguish the fire so that the fire does not spread further.