JAKARTA - Another fire occurred in a residential house on Jalan Duri Selatan 5, No. 61, RT 10/02, South Duri Village, West Jakarta. The fire was extinguished by firefighters before spreading to other residents' homes.

"We received information from residents at 06.00 a.m. local time. Then we dispatched 19 fire engines to the location," said Head of the Operational Section (Kasie) of the West Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Sjukri Bahanan, Wednesday, January 26.

It didn't take long, dozens of officers who went to the fire site managed to extinguish the fire at 06:58 a.m.

"One house belonging to Agustinus (42) burned down. The house was inhabited by 1 head of a family with two people. There were no casualties or injuries," he said.

From the results of the temporary investigation, the West Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. officer suspected that the cause of the fire was an electrical short circuit.

"It is suspected that there was an overload (exceeding the capacity for electricity consumption) in the electrical installation in the house," he said.

As a result of the fire incident, the fire scorched the building covering an area of 56 square meters. Victims of homeowners suffered losses reaching hundreds of millions of rupiah.

"The loss is estimated at IDR 203 million," he said.


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