Big Fire At The Ciparay Chemical Warehouse Starting With Explosion
JAKARTA - The Bandung City Fire and Disaster Management Agency, West Java, deployed 19 fire fleets to deal with two major fires at a chemical storage warehouse on Jalan Ciparay and a former hotel building on Jalan Suniaraja.
Head of Rescue for Fire and Disaster Management (Diskar PB) Bandung City Jhon Erwin said his party received two reports of the fire at 00.05 WIB and 01.25 WIB on Sunday morning.
"The object that caught fire was a chemical storage warehouse belonging to PT Subur Kimia Jaya and the former Hegar Hotel on two floors," said Jhon Erwin, quoted from Antara, Sunday, July 14.
He said officers immediately headed to the location of the chemical factory warehouse fire on Jalan Ciparay and the former hotel fire on Jalan Suniaraja after receiving reports from the public.
His party received information that the chemical warehouse fire was started by an explosion from inside a warehouse containing food and industrial chemicals.
He said the area burned was 210 square meters from a total area of 560 square meters. Officers who were at the location immediately tried to extinguish the fire until it was finally extinguished by deploying 11 fire fighting fleets (damkar)." he said.
Regarding the cause of the fire, his party is still conducting an investigation, including recording the losses suffered.
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There were no casualties in the incident. Five employees were rescued and the building assets that were saved reached Rp. 4 billion.
As for the fire incident of a former hotel building on Jalan Suniaraja, Jhon Erwin said the fire first appeared on the roof of the building.
"The object that caught fire was the former Hegar Hotel, which burned 497 square meters," he said.
He said the total fire engines deployed reached eight fleets and were successfully extinguished for two hours.
Until now, his party is still investigating the cause of the fire. However, fortunately there were no casualties and building assets that were saved reached Rp. 2.6 billion.