KENDARI - A total of 26 houses in the area of the Final Disposal Site (TPA), in Puuwatu Village, Puuwatu District, Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra), were engulfed in flames.
The fire that scorched the house, which was mostly occupied by cleaners and scavengers, occurred at around 08.35 WITA.
The head of the Kendari City Fire Service, La Ode Aidir Rere, said the fire started when a gas cylinder exploded with a fire in one of the houses. The fire spread to other houses.
"Information from local residents suspected that the cause was from a gas cylinder that exploded in one of the residents' houses so that it spread to other houses," said Aidir Rere, quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 9.
The fire that hit a resident's house in the TPA complex did not kill anyone.
"A total of five firefighters were dispatched at the time of the incident. It only took less than an hour to extinguish the fire," he said.
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