Pharmacies And Basic Food Stores In Cengkareng Burnt, Losses Reaches IDR 3 Billion

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JAKARTA - Head of Operations for the West Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Sjukri Bahanan, said that the cause of the fire in three shop houses located on Jalan Bangun Nusa Raya, RT 03/02, Cengkareng Timur Village, Cengkareng District, was due to a short circuit.

"It is suspected that an electric short circuit scorched the shop houses belonging to Efendi (50), Endang (45) and Herlina (50)," Sjukri Bahanan told reporters, Friday, January 28.

The fire, which was blazing fiercely, scorched 3 floors in the three shophouse buildings. The area of the burned object is 360 square meters.

There were no injuries or lives in the fire incident. However, the fire scorched a number of valuables at the scene.

"The loss is estimated at Rp 3 billion," he said.

Previously, there were fires at three Cengkareng Market shop houses on Jalan Bangun Nusa Raya, Cengkareng Timur, Cengkareng, West Jakarta, Thursday, January 27, evening. The three shophouses consist of one pharmacy and two basic food shops.

The fire was extinguished by 18 fire engines with the deployment of 90 firefighters. The fire was extinguished at around 21:45 WIB.