Cause Of Fire In Cilincing That Makes Four Victims Soak To Burns

The fire that hit a semi-permanent house on Jalan Rawa Indah, Sukapura Village, Cilincing District, North Jakarta, on Saturday, July 12 night. Four residents were reported to have been affected by the incident.

"Alhamdulillah, the fire was successfully extinguished but there were a number of victims affected by the fire," said Head of the Operations Section (Kasiops) of the North Jakarta and Thousand Islands Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat), Gatot Sulaeman in Jakarta, quoting ANTARA on Sunday, July 13.

He said the victim, Murtapiah (58) experienced shortness of breath due to the fire. Then the victim Siti Aisyah (28) suffered burns to her right leg.

The victim, who is still a baby named Qias (4), suffered burns to the palm of one percent and the victim's baby Raisa (1) experienced shortness of breath.

"The victim has been taken and received health assistance at the Workers' Hospital," he said.

He said the fire was discovered when the witness with the initials S rested downstairs and saw that there was a fire on the second floor.

It turned out that a fire broke out and the witness asked the community for help and the firefighters immediately came to the location to extinguish the fire.

His party deployed 12 fire engines and 60 personnel to extinguish the fire that scorched the two-story house.

"The settlement began at 23.01 WIB and the fire was successfully extinguished by 23.36 WIB. The area of the object burned was about 80 square meters," he said.

The life saved by two families with six people and the cause of the fire is suspected to be an electrical short circuit. "For the loss due to the fire, it is estimated at Rp. 112,480,000," he said.