Wasirun Finds A Cobra While His Child Is Playing A Game In The House

Cobra sightings at Wasirun's house/Photo: SPC

JAKARTA - The rescue team of the East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Sudin Gulkarmat) evacuated wild animals that were reported by a resident named Wasirun, a school guard.

Wasirun reported that a cobra had entered his house at SMPN 171 Ciracas, East Jakarta.

"We have deployed five rescue personnel with pincher to evacuate the snakes. The evacuation was carried out on Tuesday, January 18, at 21.05 western Indonesia time," said Head of East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service, Gatot Sulaeman to reporters, Wednesday 19 January.

Officers who arrived at the house, SMP 171 street, RT 013/04, Rambutan Village, Ciracas Subdistrict, East Jakarta immediately searched for the reported snake. After several hours of searching, the 250-centimeter-long cobra was found.

"The snake was hiding in the sink drain pipe. We managed to evacuate the snake with pinchers. The snake is 15 centimeters in diameter and 25 centimeters long," he said.

At first, said Gatot, the school guard who reported the finding of the snake received a report from his son.

"When a child from Wasirun was playing a game, suddenly a snake's head appeared from the sink drain pipe," he said.

The child then reported to Wasirun and continued to report to the Fire Department and an evacuation was carried out.