Fire Hanguskan 13 Rumah Dan 5 Rentan Di Banjarmasin Utara, Penyebab Belum Diketahui

Fire scorched dozens of houses in Antasan Kecil Timur Village, North Banjarmasin Sub-district, Banjarmasin City, South Kalimantan, Friday (22/9/2023). (ANTARA/HO-BPK Banjarmasin Volunteer)

BANJARMASIN - Head of the Banjarmasin City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Husni Thamrin said officers were investigating the cause of the fire of 13 houses and five rented houses inhabited by 20 families (KK) or 60 people in North Banjarmasin. "The officers have recorded all the victims of the house fire, but the cause of the fire is still at the investigation stage," said Husni in Banjarmasin, as reported by Antara, Friday, September 21. He said the fire information was received in the early hours of this morning at around 03.15 WITA. The percentage of houses burned to the ground is 70-100. "There are “Source problems in the field because the house is made of wood so that the fire grows quickly, but we make sure there are no casualties," he said. Husni revealed that joint officers from the regional government and volunteers from the Banjarmasin fire department (BPK) took about 74 minutes to tame the flames that devoured the residents' settlements. Furthermore, he also said, the location of the fire entered the alley with a width of two meters, precisely behind the Jami Mosque, RT. 06, Antasan Kecil Timur Village, North Banjarmasin. Meanwhile, joint officers in the field came from BPBD Banjarmasin, Social Service Banjarmasin, DPKP Banjarmasin, Banjarmasin BPK Volunteers, PMI Banjarmasin, North Banjarmasin Police, and the combined Emergency. BPBD Banjarmasin recorded data on residents of the fire victims' houses including residents of RT 04 including Tika (2 families, four people), Haris (one family, four people), Ijum (one family, four people), Halidi (four families, 12 people), Syaiful (one family, four people), Arsun (the house is empty), Rofehat (two families, six people), Ita (the house is empty). Then the five-door rented house, namely, Haris' two doors are inhabited on behalf of Niken (one family, three people), one family member has not reported (2 people). Furthermore, Syaiful's three rented doors are inhabited on behalf of Linda (one family member, four people), one family member does not report, and one door is empty.

Then the residents of RT 06 included Rifani (one family, four people), Alex (one family, three people), Thalib (one family, one soul), Syuriani (two families, five people), Ahim (one family, three people). "The total loss cannot be ascertained, it is still in the complete data collection stage," said Husaini.