Expeditionary Warehouse In Cakung Burns, Owner Loses IDR 500 Million

Firefighters after cooling down the Cakung expedition warehouse/ Photo: IST

The loss due to the fire of the expedition warehouse belonging to PT Cuculemon in Cakung, East Jakarta, on Wednesday (15/10), reached Rp500 million. This amount was greeted by the East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Sub-dept. (Gulkarmat) Sub-dept.) Abdul Wahid.

"The object that caught fire was a storage warehouse with a burned area of about 200 square meters belonging to PT Cuculemon. As a result, the total loss reached around Rp. 500 million," said Abdul Wahid, Thursday, October 16.

The company suffered losses of up to IDR 500 million due to damage to the stock of goods, equipment, and parts of the building.

"Judging from the condition of the warehouse and the contents inside, some of which were burned," said Abdul.

He said the fire on Jalan Cakung Cilincing Timur, Gang Damai RT 1 RW 6, Pulogebang, Cakung, occurred due to short circuits.

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.

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.