Electric Short Circuit, Bedeng Owned By JGC Cakung Project Worker Burns

Firefighters extinguished the fire at the fire site in JGC Cakung/ Photo; IST

JAKARTA - A partner belonging to the Jakarta Garden City (JGC) project worker, Cakung District, East Jakarta, was burned down. The incident was reported to have occurred at around 10.50 WIB.

After receiving the report, East Jakarta Gulkarmat officers immediately dispatched 6 fire engines to the location. The fire extinguishing process is carried out starting at 11.04 WIB.

"The damping lasted briefly about 20 minutes later. The fire that burned the fellow workers began to be extinguished at 11.25 WIB," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman, Friday, August 11, afternoon.

The flames scorched the building with an area of 30 square meters. The cause of the fire was an electrical short circuit.

"There is a cable that is peeling off and grabs into the pile of materials. The cause is an electrical short circuit. The loss is estimated at 50 million," he said.

"Currently the fire has been extinguished. The process of extinguishing it by 25 firefighters," he added.