Two Aerial And Underground Electric Cable Networks Burn, Firefighters Deploy Fire Cars

Firefighters at the scene where the cable caught fire/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The underground power cable on Jalan Pecenongan Raya, Kebon Kelapa Village, Central Jakarta caught fire. Head of Central Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Asril Rizal confirmed the incident. The incident occurred on Sunday, January 23, at night, at around 21:35 WIB.

"It is suspected that there was an electrical short from the underground cable," Asril Rizal told reporters, Monday, January 24.

Kasudin said the officers had extinguished the fire using an APAR, but it was still emitting smoke. Then extinguished using liquid foam.

Meanwhile at the same location, while officers were trying to extinguish the burning underground cable, suddenly the aerial power cable caught fire.

"There was an ignition on the aerial cable, 100 meters from the scene, the fire was successfully extinguished using an APAR," he said.

Asril said his party had deployed a number of fire engines to extinguish the fire.

"1 unit of MP and 6 people command/Sudin (1-11-Bandung)," he said.

According to Asril, the fire was extinguished in about 40 minutes. There were no casualties from this incident, but the loss was estimated at Rp. 1 million.

"The unit arrived at 21:35 WIB, immediately extinguished and finished at 22:28 WIB. There were no victims, but the loss was approximately Rp. 1 million," he said.