Electric Short Circuit Is The Main Cause Of Fire In Cakung Expedition Warehouse
Head of the Operations Section of the East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Sub-dept. (Sudin) Abdul Wahid explained that the fire that hit the expedition warehouse in Cakung was caused by an electric short circuit.
It is known that the warehouse belongs to PT Cucuremon which is located on Jalan Cakung Cilincing Timur, Gang Damai RT 1 RW 6, Pulogebang, Cakung, East Jakarta, and caught fire on Wednesday, October 15.
"The object that caught fire was a storage warehouse with a burned area of about 200 square meters belonging to PT Cuculemon. The cause was an electric short circuit," said Abdul Wahid, Thursday, October 16.
Information on the fire was discovered at around 18.46 WIB from a resident named Aden, and officers from the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. went straight to the crime scene (TKP) along with a fire department for initial deployment.
Abdul said that the short circuit was first seen when there were sparks in the warehouse hallway area.
According to him, a number of employees had tried to extinguish the fire using a light fire extinguisher (APAR). However, the fire has grown and spread rapidly.
"The fire started in the warehouse hallway, then tried to extinguish it with a light fire extinguisher (APAR) by employees, but it could not be controlled and enlarged," explained Abdul.
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The first unit arrived at the location at 18.54 WIB and immediately extinguished it. The blackout process began one minute later, at 18.55 WIB to be exact.
Overall, the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. deployed 14 fire engines and 70 personnel.
"The fire was successfully localized at 19.37 WIB, cooling at 19.44 WIB. The blackout was declared complete at around 21.15 WIB," said Abdul.
Furthermore, he revealed that there were no casualties in the incident. As many as 20 employees can save themselves before the fire spreads.
"Alhamdulillah, there were no victims. All employees managed to get out safely," said Abdul.
He also appealed to the public and business actors to pay more attention to the condition of electrical installations in the workplace and residential areas.