Impres Market Fire, 23 Fire Fighters And 120 People Deployed

JAKARTA - The South Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) deployed 23 fire engines to deal with the fire that engulfed Impres Market in Pasar Minggu.

"The number of personnel deployed is about 120 people", said a picket officer of the South Jakarta Gulkarmat Tribe Suparno confirmed in Jakarta, reported Antara, Monday, April 12.

Gulkarmat increased the number of fire engines from initially nine units to 23 units to speed up the outage.

He explained that the fire is expected to occur around 6:30 p.m. which is suspected to have originated from the basement of the market located on Pasar Minggu Street.

The fire team then went straight to the market and arrived at 6:35 p.m. or about five minutes after the report was received.

Until now, officers are still trying to extinguish the fire. The fire team also does not yet know the cause of the market fire.