The Jakarta Islamic Center Mosque Fire Occurs When Building Workers Make Aspal Fall

The dome of the Islamic center mosque caught fire/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Islamic Center Mosque dome on Jalan Kramat Jaya Raya, Koja, North Jakarta caught fire. According to information from the Head of Intelligence and Security at the North Jakarta Metro Police, AKBP Slamet Wibisono Yanto, the fire broke out when workers at the mosque carried out renovations, Wednesday afternoon, October 19. Kasat said, the incident began with four workers from PT Agung Sentosa Pratama who renovated the roof of the Kubah Masjid Islamic Center. At that time the renovation was using triplex materials.

The witnesses melted the membrane (rolled asphalt) to attach the roof material using a fuel. It is suspected that the spark from the fuel device hit the glaswul until the fire started, said Slamet in his statement, Wednesday, October 19. At the time of the incident, the witness tried to extinguish the fire with a light fire extinguisher (Apar). However, the fire was getting bigger. The witness tried to extinguish the fire using a fire but the fire grew bigger and finally the overall Islamic Mosque was burned, he said After the incident, the witness immediately contacted the firefighters, for further action to be carried out. Until now the fire has not been extinguished and is still under the handling of firefighters. Losses cannot be estimated, he said. On the occasion, Slamet did not know the loss of the fire. However, he made sure there were no casualties. The loss cannot be estimated, he explained. Based on information, North Jakarta Fire Officers are still extinguishing the fire in the Mosque Islamic Center. A total of 20 firefighters were deployed.