Five Fires In Jakarta In Early 2022, Mampang Area Swallows 2 Victims

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JAKARTA – In early 2022, a number of fires occurred in several areas of Jakarta. This incident has certainly brought people's attention to be more vigilant around their homes. The firefighters remained alert even though the fire broke out on New Year's Eve 2022.

Quoted from various sources, here are 5 fires in Jakarta that have occurred since New Year's Eve 2022.

Kemayoran, Scorched Wood Seller

A semi-permanent building in the Jago Dam area, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, caught fire on the evening of Friday 31 December. The fire is thought to have originated from an electrical short circuit from one of the buildings in the area.

Not wanting the fire to get bigger, firefighters tried to put out the fire. A total of 15 fire engines were deployed to stop the fire from spreading.

The fire that hit the wood seller's stall made the fire spread quickly and the officers were a bit overwhelmed in controlling the spread of the fire.

Although there were no casualties in this fire, at least 20 semi-permanent buildings or traders' stalls were completely destroyed. As a result of this fire incident, the losses suffered by the victims whose stalls were burned along with other losses amounted to hundreds of millions of Rupiah.

Sunter Tanjung Priok Fire, Elderly Trapped in the House

The red rooster also burned the house on Jalan Sunter Jaya Pulo Besar, Sunter Jaya Village, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

North Jakarta Fire and Rescue Sub-department's Picket Officer Putut Jantoko said the fire occurred at around 9:05 p.m. WIB.

"Towards the new year we are rewarded with a fire in RW 08 Sunter Jaya and we can get information in densely populated settlements," Putut said at the location, Friday, December 31, evening.

The three-door house, said Putut, allegedly caught fire due to an electrical short circuit. The one-story building was charred in a state of abandonment by several occupants. Residents also had time to save an elderly person from inside the house when the fire broke out.

To extinguish the fire, as many as 15 units of fire engines were dispatched to the location. The fire can be extinguished within an hour. This blackout took place with the constraints of the condition of the road access to the location which was quite narrow so it took time.

"Because the location of the fire is densely populated, we are worried that it will spread, we have launched up to 15 units, we can localize the area so it doesn't spread to other buildings," said Putut.

The fire did not result in any casualties, but the damage was estimated at Rp 200 million.

Cakung, the stove turns on when left sleeping

Another fire incident hit several houses on Jalan Rawa Terate, RT 010/05, Rawa Terate Village, Cakung District, East Jakarta. The fire quickly spread from one resident's house to another.

Residents reported the fire incident to the East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat), Monday, January 3, at around 01.36 WIB.

"There are three houses that burned, the area of the burnt object was 100 meters," said the Head of the Operations Section of the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. when confirmed, Monday, January 3, afternoon.

From the results of a temporary investigation, the fire came from the house of a resident who cooked, but forgot to turn it off and fell asleep.

"It is suspected that the cause of the fire came from the stove. The fire victim was cooking and sleeping. Suddenly the victim woke up because he felt the heat, then he realized that there was a fire because he saw thick smoke and the fire was big," said Gatot.

As a result of the fire incident, three residents' houses were burned. Luckily, the fire did not spread widely because it was assisted by 13 fire engines to sprinkle water.

"The fire was extinguished at 02.25 WIB. As many as 65 Gulkarmat officers were deployed. The loss was estimated at Rp350 million," he said.

Workshop Fire in Mampang, Two People Died

A fire that hit a workshop on Jalan Bangka 11, RT10/RW10, Bangka Village, Mampang Prapatan District, South Jakarta, killed two people.

"Two victims died and one was burned," said South Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Officer Mohammad Slamet when confirmed, Sunday, December 2.

According to Slamet, the fire also destroyed five residents' houses. At the time of the incident, residents were trying to extinguish the fire.

However, the flames that continued to grow made the fire quickly spread to other residents' houses.

"The big fire spread and scorched as many as five houses near the workshop or the source of the fire," he said. The fire was reported to have occurred on Sunday, December 2, in the morning at 07.48 WIB.

His party deployed 12 fire engines and 54 personnel to extinguish the fire. The firefighters managed to extinguish the fire within 45 minutes. At around 9:00 a.m. the fire was extinguished.

Tebet, Two People Throw Mysterious Things

The Tebet Police, South Jakarta, are still investigating the alleged fire in a resident's house on Jalan Kasablanka Raya which was allegedly caused by a mysterious object thrown by an unknown number of people on Monday morning.

"The investigation process related to the cause of the fire is still ongoing, God willing, from the cause of the fire, we can find out other allegations," he said

Tebet Police Chief, Commissioner Alexander Yurikho Hadi, when confirmed in Jakarta, Monday, January 3.

Alex explained that his party was still unable to confirm whether the alleged throwing of the object triggered the fire.

Previously, the Head of the South Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service, Herbert P Lumban Gaol, stated that a witness saw two motorbikes passing by at the location throwing a mysterious object at one of the residents' houses.

"Witness H, wanted to go to the bathroom and happened to pass by two people riding a motorbike together, throwing something and a fire broke out," said Helbert.

The fire incident occurred in three houses with 30 plots of rooms on Jalan Kasablanka Raya RT 17/5 Number 1 Menteng Dalam, Tebet, on Monday morning at around 03.00 WIB.

Alex, based on his statement, stated that the alleged source of the fire came from an unoccupied and unlocked room. Not long after, a puff of fire appeared and immediately burned the other rooms.

The fire was successfully extinguished at 03.50 WIB after officers from the South Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service with 10 fire engines arrived at the location and extinguished the fire.