The Cilegon City Fire Department Is Stilljibaku Extinguished The Passenger Ship Fire At Indah Kiat Port

The Passenger Motorboat (KMP) Mutiara Berkah I which caught fire at Indah Kiat Harbor, Merak, Cilegon City, Banten, Wednesday (6/9/2023) (ANTARA/Desi Purnama Sari)

The joint team is still trying to extinguish the fire on the Mutiara Berkah I Passenger Motorboat (KMP) at Indah Kiat Port, Merak, Cilegon City, Banten. The thick black smoke still soared on the ship, Thursday today. The tug boat and firefighters (damkar) are still trying to extinguish the fire. The pleton commander of the Cilegon City Fire Department, Heri Strada, said the blackout process was still ongoing. "Until now, the extinguishing process is still ongoing, for the time being we have not been able to provide data on the shortage because the fire has not been extinguished," he said in Merak, Banten, quoted from Antara, Thursday, September 7. Previously, the Commander of the Indonesian Navy, Lanal Banten, Marine Colonel (P) Dedi Komarudin, said that the process of extinguishing the fire was hampered due to a lack of water supply. "The problem is that there is a shortage of water supply, for now the water supply is starting to increase from the fire engine unit and starting to be resolved," he said. He said the blackout process was carried out from the sea and land, while there were four tug boats, then eight fire engines, and four water tankers, to supply water to fire engines. "If we look at the location, the fire is near the stern, then on the vehicle deck, but it is not certain. While focusing on extinguishing it first," he said.

It is known that KMP Mutiara Berkah I caught fire at Indah Kiat Port, Merak, Cilegon City, Banten, on Wednesday, September 6, and the exact cause of the fire is not yet known.