5 Fire Cars Overcome Book Warehouse Fires In Semarang

Five fire engines were deployed to extinguish the fire that engulfed a house on Jalan Palebon 1, Semarang City, Central Java, which was used as a book warehouse.

Head of RT 5/RW 5, Palebon, Semarang City, Khoirudin, said the fire was known to have burned the book warehouse at around 20.00 WIB.

"We don't know the origin of the fire, residents know that the fire has grown," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, September 7.

According to him, there were no guards in the house who were used as a book warehouse that night.

He said residents who knew about the incident immediately reported to the Fire Department

Khoirudin said there were no casualties in the incident.

The firefighters took about an hour to extinguish the fire that burned the book's warehouse.

Meanwhile, the Head of Pedurungan Sub-district, Agus Junaidi, who was at the fire site, asked the public to be more careful about electricity problems when leaving the house.

In addition, he continued, the "Jogo Tonggo" program to increase public awareness of the surrounding environment must also be improved.