Causes Air Pollution, Officers Put Out Fire From Burning Garbage Burned By OTK In Cakung

Firefighters extinguish the fire from burning garbage in Cakung, East Jakarta/IST Photo

East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Sub-dept. (Gulkarmat) officers extinguished a fire that burned piles of garbage on the edge of Jalan Cakung Cilincing Barat, West Cakung Village, Cakung District, East Jakarta.

"The garbage was burned by an unknown person (OTK) and then left. We extinguished it because the smoke was getting thicker," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman, to reporters, Friday, September 15.

The cause of the fire being piled up with garbage occurred because of the garbage being left behind. The piles of dry and plastic waste were scattered on the side of the road and were in a dry water channel.

"The area burned was about 150 meters of garbage. There were no losses due to this fire," he said.

Meanwhile, the fire extinguishing process was carried out by 1 fire engine unit with 4 rescue personnel.

"There was no fire propagation. We managed to extinguish the fire safely," he said.