Heavy Rain, Banyan Tree Falls In Menteng, No Casualties

The joint team evacuated a fallen banyan tree on Jalan Probolinggo, Gondangdia Village, Menteng District, Central Jakarta, on Sunday afternoon.

"Alhamdulillah, we have finished handling the fallen banyan tree on Sunday at around 15.59 WIB," said Head of the Data and Information Center (Kapusdatin) of the DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Mohamad Yohan, Sunday, November 3.

The fallen tree had caused the route on the road to be impassable by vehicles. However, there were no casualties from the incident.

"This tree fell, allegedly due to strong winds that occurred in Jakarta on Sunday afternoon," he said.

He said, a number of personnel ranging from the Fire Department Unit, the BPBD TRC Unit, the Distamhut Unit, the Satpol PP Unit, the PLN Unit and Public Infrastructure and Facilities Handling Personnel (PPSU) evacuated the sizeable tree.

"We managed to evacuate and at around 16.35 WIB the tree was evacuated," he said.