JAKARTA - The fire of electronic advertising media or billboards located at Jalan M.H. Thamrin No. 11, Gondangdia Village, Menteng District, Central Jakarta, Sunday night, December 28, was allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit.
Head of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat), Bayu Meghantara, confirmed the incident. The suspicion is based on the testimony of eyewitnesses at the scene.
"Based on the testimony of the witness, namely the parking attendant, the fire was allegedly triggered by an electrical fault in the electronic advertising media. However, the exact cause will still be further investigated," said Bayu when contacted by VOI, Sunday, December 28.
Bayu explained that the fire report was received by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Gulkarmat Service at 21.30 WIB, both from the public who came directly and through the 112 emergency service and the official DisGulkarmat number.
Following up on the report, eight fire trucks with a total of 32 personnel from the Central Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-Office were deployed to the scene.
"The fire was successfully extinguished and the operation was declared complete with a green status at around 22.00 WIB," he said.
He ensured that there were no casualties or injuries in the incident. The DKI Jakarta Gulkarmat also appealed to building managers and electronic advertising media to routinely inspect electrical installations to prevent similar incidents.
Previously, the Command Center of the Jakarta Central Gulkarmat Office received a report of a fire on a billboard in the Jalan M.H. Thamrin area, specifically next to Mal Sarinah, on Sunday night.
The object that was burned was a billboard with a low building classification (BR).
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