Jambi Deputy Governor's Office House Fires

The house of the deputy governor of Jambi caught fire / Photo: Antara

JAMBI - The police are still investigating the cause of the fire at the office of the Deputy Governor of Jambi on Letjen Suprapto Street, Telanai Pura District, Jambi City, which occurred on Sunday, March 13 at midnight at 23.50 WIB until Monday morning, the fire was only able to be extinguished at 01.30 WIB.

However, there were no victims in the incident, only material losses.

Director of General Criminal Investigation of Jambi Regional Police, Commissioner Kaswandi Irwan, when confirmed said the fire was not in the main building of the official residence, but only in another room, namely the part occupied by household staff. They will continue to investigate the cause of the fire.

Based on the testimony of witnesses who were examined by the police at the scene, the fire was first noticed by a member of the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) who was on duty at the official residence at 23.50 WIB, at that time the flames were already visible from the back of the house when the fire was no one in the house.

The picket officer at the Jambi Deputy Governor's office then reported it to the police and the local Fire Service to put out the fire. A few minutes later a fire engine arrived at the scene and immediately extinguished it.

Kaswandi also said that the Jambi Regional Police sent an Inafis team assisted by the Jambi Criminal Investigation Unit Police to investigate and find out the cause of the fire.

The fire at the office of the Deputy Governor of Jambi, Abdullah Sani, was successfully extinguished with several fire trucks being sent to the location. However, there was an incident when two fire engines collided at the BI Simpang Empat before heading to the official house that night.

Two cars from the Jambi City Fire Department collided at Simpang Empat BI, Telanaipura, Jambi City at around 01.00 WIB in the morning. It is suspected that the two cars collided on their way to the Jambi Deputy Governor's official house which caught fire.

"Yes, the fire engine collided and overturned at Simpang Empat BI, due to lack of vigilance and caution when driving and was also in a hurry to go to the deputy governor's official house in the early hours of this morning", said Yanto, a fire official quoted by Antara.

The incident resulted in a fire engine being overturned on the side of the road and so far no further information has been obtained regarding the incident.