Fire 8 UNP Mes Room: No Casualties, Losses Estimated At IDR 1 Billion

Illustration of the fire. (Unplash-Ricardo Gomez Angel)

The authorities are still investigating the cause of the eight rooms on a mes belonging to the Padang State University (UNP).

The Head of Operations for Facilities and Infrastructure of the Padang Fire Department, Sutan Hendra, said the fire at the UNP Campus II location did not cause any casualties.

Sutan said the loss due to the fire in the mes building on Jalan Adinegoro, Lubuk Buaya, Padang City, was estimated at IDR 1 billion.

When the fire broke out on Saturday night, November 4, 75 personnel and nine fire engines were deployed.

Until finally the fire on the second floor of the mes building was extinguished in two hours.