Dozens Of Fire Victims In Tambora Still Waiting For Assistance At Refugee Posts

Fire victims evacuate to receive aid/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - As many as 60 fire victims on Jalan Kopi, Roa Malaka Village, Tambora District, West Jakarta, are still taking refuge in the office hall of Roa Malaka Village.

While at the refugee camp, residents received various food and clothing assistance. One of them is food assistance came from the Tambora Police.

"Today we are providing assistance to the fire victims, we are giving 50 boxes of rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner," Tambora police chief Kompol Faruk Rozi told VOI, Wednesday, November 3.

This food aid is given in the hope that it can help relieve residents affected by the fire.

"Our assistance is distributed through Bhabinkamtibmas, Roa Malaka Village, to direct refugee camps," he said.

As is known, the fire incident occurred on Tuesday, November 2, at midnight. The fire was able to be extinguished on Wednesday, November 3, in the early hours of the morning.

As a result of the fire incident, at least 15 semi-permanent houses belonging to the residents burned down. The fire is thought to have originated from an electrical short circuit in a lamp wire in one of the houses. The fire scorched 450 square meters of the residential area with a total loss of tens of millions of rupiah.