Smoke Out Of The AC Hole, Mercedes Benz Car In Cakung Caught Fire

JAKARTA - A luxury sedan with the Mercedes series C180 number B 2041 TBK located at Cluster Lasein JGC, Jalan Jakarta Garden City, RT 16/14, East Cakung Village, Cakung District, East Jakarta was scorched by a fire due to an electrical short on Friday, May 12, afternoon.

The fire occurred at around 12.20 WIB and was then reported to the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Then firefighters came to the location to extinguish the fire at around 12.27 WIB.

"The fire was extinguished at 12.50 WIB after the blackout process was carried out by 4 fire engines with 18 personnel. The fire was successfully extinguished," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman when confirmed by VOI, Friday, May 12.

As a result of the fire incident, the victim suffered a loss of 200 million. After checking, the cause of the fire was due to an electrical short circuit in the AC component of the Mercedes car.

"Initially the car wanted to be used out of the house. When it just left the cluster, suddenly smoke came out of the air conditioner component. The driver then turned back to the house," he said.

Arriving at the house, the electrical short circuit then took the fire out of the engine hood until the fire started to spread. Because it was difficult to extinguish, the owner reported it to the fire department.

"Currently the situation has been extinguished. The fire that burned the Mercedes car was successfully tamed by officers," he said. (Rizky Sulistio)