The DKI Provincial Government Will Build Another Kiosk At The Burning Monas

Burning object in Lenggang Jakarta Monas area/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria promised that the DKI Provincial Government would rebuild the Lenggang Jakarta kiosk at the IRTI Parking of the National Monument (Monas) which caught fire yesterday.

Prior to that, the DKI Provincial Government will first calculate the cost of the losses that occurred on Thursday, March 31 that morning.

"Later, we will first check for certainty how much the actual value of the loss is, it's just an estimate. By seeing the number of stalls on fire, of course we are concerned and in the future we will repair it again," said Riza at the DKI Jakarta City Hall, Thursday, March 31 evening. .

Riza admitted that his party was waiting for the certainty of the cause of the fire at the Lenggang Jakarta kiosk. This will be a concern so that the kiosks, especially those assisted by the DKI Provincial Government, are not affected by fire again.

"Indeed, the problem with stoves, plugs, is still the cause of many fires. In fact, cigarette butts are also sometimes the cause of fires in Jakarta. For that, let's be more careful," he said.

Hundreds of stalls belonging to traders in Lenggang Jakarta, precisely in the IRTI area of the National Monument (Monas), Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan, Gambir, Central Jakarta, were burnt down. It is known, the fire began to appear on Thursday, March 31, at dawn.

"There were 166 souvenir stalls and 6 culinary stalls that caught fire," Head of Central Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Asril Rizal told reporters.

Central Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. received reports from residents that there was a fire at around 05.20 WIB.

"There were 8 units of fire engines were deployed to the location to extinguish the fire. The operation to extinguish the fire started at 05.20 WIB and was successfully extinguished at 05.50 WIB," he said.

From the results of the temporary investigation, the fire is suspected to have originated from an electrical short circuit. "All of the objects that were burned were merchant kiosks. There were no casualties in this fire incident," he said.

According to eyewitness information, he continued, the fire was suspected to have started from one of the shoe and bag sales stalls.

"Then the fire spread quickly due to a lot of combustible materials. The area of the object that burned was about 600 square meters with an estimated loss of 1.2 billion," he said.