4 Children Died In Fire In East OKU, South Sumatra, The Father Is Not At Home

A fire hit a house in Rasuan Dusun Village 9, Madang Tribe I District, Ogan Komering Ulu Regency (OKU) Timur, South Sumatra, early Wednesday morning. The incident killed four children who were trapped in the house.

"There were four fatalities in the house fire in Rasuan Village this morning, at around 01.30 WIB," said Madang Police Chief Suku Iptu Dodi Mardani in Martapura, Antara, Wednesday afternoon.

The house that caught fire was known to belong to Sudirman, a local resident. At the time of the incident, Sudirman was in Menulak Village, while the house was only occupied by the victims.

The victims who died were Yoga (10), Aditiya Fernando (14), Aldri (13), and Marson (13). They are still in elementary and junior high school," he said.

Dodi added that the fire was thought to have been caused by an electrical short circuit. The police have deployed personnel to help evacuate, rescue goods, and carry out security around the location.

According to Rizal's statement (41), the head of Hamlet 9, the fire was first seen growing from the middle of the house to completely devoured the wooden building.

"Seeing that, I immediately asked residents for help to extinguish the fire with makeshift equipment, but the fire was getting bigger," said Rizal.

Acting Head of the East OKU Fire and Rescue Service (DPKP), Nasrul Bani, said two fire engines from Posko 2 Belitang and Command Post 3 Betung were deployed to extinguish the fire.

“Setelah berjibaku sekitar 1,5 jam, api berhasil dipadamkan. Musibah ini menyebabkan empat korban meninggal dunia dan kerugian materi mencapai ratusan juta rupiah,” ujarnya.

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After struggling for about 1.5 hours, the fire was successfully extinguished. This disaster caused four victims to die and material losses reached hundreds of millions of rupiah," he said.