2 Houses And 12 Contracts At The Pulogadung Population Intensive Settlement Are Burned

JAKARTA - East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. officers managed to extinguish the fire that hit densely populated settlements in Bulag Baru Village, RT 02/03, Pulogadung Village, Pulogadung District, East Jakarta.

From the results of data collection on Friday, December 9, it was found that the houses burned were residential houses and rented houses in densely populated settlements.

"There are 2 houses and 12 rented in densely populated settlements that burned down by Mr. Ahmad Saman (59) and Aidi. The area of the object burned is 200 m2," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman, Friday, December 9.

"The total loss due to the fire is estimated at IDR 500 million. The fire was caused by an electrical short," he said.

As a result of the fire, as many as 24 people were affected. The fire in the residential area was triggered by the appearance of a fire in one of the rented houses.

Previously, a fire occurred in the residential area of Bulag Baru Village, RT 02/03, Pulogadung, on Thursday night, December 8. The fire began to burn around 20.35 WIB

Officers had difficulties during the fire extinguishing process because the road access in the residential area was narrow. After being extinguished by 16 fire engines, the fire was extinguished at 22.00 WIB.