JAKARTA - An electrical short circuit in a fan caused 14 houses in the Rawa Buaya settlement, Cengkareng, West Jakarta, to catch fire on Tuesday, January 4.

"It is suspected that an electric 'short' occurred in a fan from one house, causing a fire", said Head of the Operations Section of the West Jakarta Fire and Rescue (Gulkarmat) Sub-dept., Sjukri Bahanan, when confirmed in Jakarta, reported by Antara.

West Jakarta Gulkarmat officers received reports from residents regarding the fire at around 13.15. Within minutes, firefighters arrived at the scene to begin the extinguishing process.

Because the fire was getting bigger, the officers finally deployed 15 water pump cars and 75 personnel to control the "red rooster".

After nearly two hours of battling the fire, the firefighters finally managed to extinguish the fire that had engulfed the 14 semi-permanent houses.

His party immediately carried out a cooling process to ensure all hotspots at the fire site were extinguished.

Based on the results of the inspection, Sjukri estimated that the burned area was 400 square meters with a total loss of up to IDR 700 million.

"In addition, there are 14 family heads with a total of 56 people affected by the fire", said Sjukri.

However, Sjukri ensured that no one was injured or died from the fire incident.


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