Deputy Governor Of DKI Riza Said, Flats Can Prevent Fires, How?

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JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI, Ahmad Riza Patria, assessed that flats (rusun) could be a solution to anticipate fires in dense settlements, such as the boarding house incident in Tambora, West Jakarta, which killed six people.

According to Riza, densely populated settlements are one of the causes of frequent fires, including in Jakarta, so that the construction of flats can be a solution to reduce population density. a solution to reduce the potential for fires because of the density of people who gather in dense residential areas," said Riza in Jakarta, Thursday, August 18, quoted from Antara. Riza said, all victims have been handled and also given assistance. "Yesterday's fire caught all of us, the Gulkarmat Service, as well as the police continue to check, investigate what the cause is and are being handled. We also handle the victims and we provide assistance, "Earlier, a fire hit the boarding house building on Jalan Duri Selatan 1, RT 06/02, Number 10, Duri Selatan, Tambora, West Jakarta on Wednesday (17/8). In this fire, as many as six residents of the boarding house died. Tambora Police Chief, Commissioner Rosana Albertina Labobar, said the boarding house fire in the Duri Selatan sub-district that occurred yesterday was caused by a fan.

"Because we have checked the occupants of the room and the person concerned left the boarding house at 5 am. Then he forgot to remove the fan, so the fan was on," said Rosana when met at the fire site, Thursday. contact, there was a short circuit that caused a fire on the second floor.