Si Jago Merah Menyakik, Fire Terjadi Di Permukiman Padat Di Jawasan Johar Baru

JAKARTA - A fire broke out in a densely populated residential area in the Johar Baru area of RT 11/05, Cempaka Baru Village, Cempaka Putih District, Central Jakarta, caught fire on Thursday, September 22.

Monang, one of the eyewitnesses to the incident, said that sparks came from one of the residents' houses. At that time the fire had immediately grown and burned a number of houses.

"My guess is that the fire was due to a short circuit in one of the houses. The fire came from the second floor of one of the houses," Monang told reporters at the fire site, Thursday, September 22.

Meanwhile, the Head of Cempaka Baru Village, Cheriadi, said that the fire was a dense residential house. The exact cause of the fire is not yet known because the fire is still in the process of being extinguished. "There are dense settlements here and semi-permanent houses that burned down. The fire occurred at around 08.30 WIB," he said.

From VOI's observations in the field, it was seen that Central Jakarta Fire and Rescue (Gulkarmat) officers and residents were still struggling to extinguish the fire.