Due To An Electric Short Circuit, Couples And Two Children Are Caught In Fire In The Sweet Shophouse

JAKARTA - The Bengkulu City Fire Department (Damkar) said three shop houses (ruko) in the Panorama Market area were sweet shops, vegetables and restaurants, burned down. Head of Bengkulu City Fire Department Yuliansyah, quoted from Antara, Sunday, May 19, explained that in the process of extinguishing the fire, his party deployed eight fleets to extinguish the fire. After some time the four victims were able to be evacuated safely, and immediately rushed to the hospital, "he said. For the victims who had been trapped in the shop, namely the owner of the petir, his wife and two children are currently still in hospital.

The cause of the fire was due to an electrical short circuit, and the estimated loss was hundreds of millions of rupiah, because it scorched three shophouses as well as a number of furniture from houses and merchandise from candied shops. The stove is dead and the regulator hose has also been removed and does not leave objects that have the potential to burn or explode inside the house, such as firecrackers, fireworks, gas lighters and others.