Electric Short Circuit In Fans Allegedly Caused Fire Of Two Houses In North Jakarta

The fire that devoured two housing units in the Papanggo area, Tanjung Priok District, North Jakarta, on Saturday (11/10/2025) in the morning. ANTARA/HO-Gulkarmat

JAKARTA - In the early hours of Saturday, the North Jakarta and Thousand Islands Fire and Rescue Service Sub-dept. deployed 80 personnel to extinguish the fire that burned two housing units on Jalan Papanggo, Tanjung Priok District, North Jakarta.

"A total of 17 fire engines with 80 personnel were deployed to extinguish the fire," said Head of the Operations Section (Kasiops) of the North Jakarta and Thousand Islands Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat), Gatot Sulaeman, as reported by ANTARA.

Officers received fire information from the community at around 02.13 WIB and immediately sent personnel to the scene.

The blackout action began at 02.19 WIB until the cooling process started until 02.58 WIB. "The blackout process was declared to have ended at 03.37 WIB," he said.

He said the fire was thought to have occurred due to an electrical short circuit from a fan in the same room inside the house.

Based on witness testimony, there were sick people who were locked and asked for help. Residents who heard screams in one of the rooms in the living room immediately broke down the room and immediately secured the victim.

Then residents called the firefighters (damkar) to ask for help extinguish the growing fire.

He said the object that caught fire was two housing units with an area of 160 square meters (m2). The two housing units are occupied by seven heads of families with 25 people.

Officers were constrained by access to the fire site because the road was narrow but the fire was successfully extinguished by officers safely and conducively. "The loss due to the fire is estimated at Rp800 million," he said.