Moving On The Roof Of A Resident's House, A 5 Meter Long Python Was Evacuated By Firefighters

Officers evacuate a python from a resident's house in Cipayung, East Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A python species has been successfully evacuated by the East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Sudin Gulkarmat) from a resident's house. The evacuation was carried out after officers received a report from a resident named Rio to the Cipayung Fire Station on Wednesday, December 22 in the morning at around 00.30 a.m.

"There were two residents who came to the Cipayung fire station asking members for help that there was a snake on the roof of their house. The residents asked for an evacuation," said Head of the Operations Section of the East Jakarta Fire and Rescue (Sudin Gulkarmat) Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman to VOI, Wednesday, December 22.

Then two personnel were deployed to the location to evacuate the snake.

"The snake was seen walking on the roof of the complainant's house on Jalan Raya Setu Cipayung RT 09/09, Cipayung Village, Cipayung District," he said.

It didn't take long, officers managed to evacuate the snake for 10 minutes. Officers equipped with tongs managed to tame the snake and catch it.

"The snake is about 5 meters long. The snake was successfully evacuated," he said.