Only Clothes On Body, Residents Of Fire Victims In Mimika Papua Ask For Help Vice Regent Johannes Rettob

Mimika Deputy Regent Johannes Rettob inspects the location of the fire in the Jalan Budi Utomo area (Photo Via ANTARA)

PAPUA - The owner of a restaurant, warung, and shop that caught fire in the area of Jalan Budi Utomo, Timika City, Mimika Regency, Papua Province, conveyed his complaint to the Deputy Regent of Mimika, Johannes Rettob.

To the Deputy Regent, the victims of the fire conveyed that all their property was destroyed in the fire so that they had nothing left, apart from the clothes attached to their bodies.

"People who are victims are asking for attention, they have nothing left. Only clothes are left on their bodies. They have no place to live," said the Deputy Regent who visited the location of the fire on Tuesday, April 5 evening, as reported by Antara.

Johannes ensured that the government would immediately record the victims and material losses they suffered as a result of the fire.

"Of course we will do data collection, crosscheck it with data from the police. Later the Social Service and BPBD will record all of this. We will try to find a solution together," he said.

The fire covered the building of food stalls, kiosks, and clothing stores in the Jalan Budi Utomo area, right next to the shopping center and the Horison Diana Hotel in Timika City on Tuesday at 11.00 WIT.

The fire quickly burned down the entire building that was between the shopping center and the Horison Diana Hotel with the Minang Restaurant Shophouse to Tjandra Medika Hospital.

Four fire engines arrived at the fire site about an hour after the fire broke out. Firefighters with the help of the police and residents tried to extinguish the flames and at around 13.30 WIT the fire covering the building in the Jalan Budi Utomo area was successfully extinguished.

Mimika Police Chief AKBP IGG Era Adhinata said that the police could not confirm the cause of the fire on Jalan Budi Utomo Timika.

However, according to residents, the fire was first seen in one Palembang empek-empek stall and then spread to other buildings.