A Junkyard At Pasar Rebo Caught Fire, 12 Firefighters Were Deployed

Firefighters at the scene extinguished the fire/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - A junkyard stall on Jalan Raya TB Simatupang, Cijantung Village, Pasar Rebo District, East Jakarta caught fire. The fire seems to be getting bigger because there are flammable items in the location.

East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Sub-department (Sudin Gulkarmat) officers who arrived at the location tried to extinguish the fire.

"The report was received at around 08.14 a.m. from a resident named Zainudin. It was informed that a junkyard stall caught fire near Pasar Rebo Hospital," said Head of the Operations Section (Kasiop) of the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman, Tuesday, November 16.

Gatot said that his party managed to locate the object so it would not spread to other buildings. However, the cause of the fire is not yet known, the process of extinguishing it is still ongoing.

"The situation does not endanger the left and right. We have mobilized 12 fire engines for this," he said.

To this day, the fire is still burning. The process of extinguishing the fire is still being carried out by officers from the East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Sudin Gulkarmat).