JAKARTA - A total of five trees in the East Jakarta area suddenly fell after being hit by strong winds on Tuesday, November 23, night.

The five points of the fallen tree are located on Jl. Kayu Putih Raya, Jl. Raya Komarudin RT 05/03, Jl. Cipinang Baru Raya, Jl. Cipinang Baru Timur and Jl. Cipinang Timur Raya.

As a result of this incident, fallen trees blocked road access, damaged houses and cars, and injured resident. Head of the Operations Section (Kasiop) of the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman, said a fallen tree on Jl. Kayu Putih Raya was evacuated at around 19.45 p.m. by deploying 15 Fire Fighting and Rescue (Gulkarmat) officers. A fallen tree blocked the access road and hit the car.

"A fallen tree with a diameter of 1 meter and a height of 10 meters that fell closed the highway and damaged cars," Gatot told reporters, Wednesday, November 24.

Next is the tree on Jl. Raya Komarudin RT 05/03, Cakung Barat Village, Cakung Subdistrict, fell again on a resident's house.

"The tree has a diameter of 70 cm and a height of 20 meters. The tree was successfully evacuated by six Gulkarmat officers around 23:24 p.m.," he said.

Furthermore, the incident of a fallen tree at three location points is on Jl. Cipinang Baru Raya, Jl. Cipinang Baru Timur and Jl. Greater East Cipinang. As a result of this incident, one person was injured by falling while avoiding a fallen tree.

The injured have been taken to the Friendship Hospital for intensive care.


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