The Transjakarta Bus Is Back In Trouble! Again, Passenger Transportation In Rawamangun Burns

Officers extinguished the fire in the TransJakarta Bus engine/ Photo; IST

JAKARTA Transjakarta bus kembali mengalami masalah. Kali ini bus warna biru dengan nopol B 7070 TRN itu terbakar di Busway Aron, Jalan Raya Pemuda, Kelurahan Rawamangun, Kecamatan Pulogadung, Jakarta Timur, terbakar.

Sprinkling of flames and smoke came out of the back of the Transjakarta engine. The fire was successfully extinguished by 2 fire engines that were dispatched by the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. to the location.

"We have deployed 10 personnel with two fire engines. The blackout process starts at 14.00 WIB," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Gatot Sulaeman, Wednesday, November 9.

It didn't take long, 10 officers managed to extinguish the fire for about 17 minutes. The fire was extinguished at 14.17 WIB.

"Currently it has been extinguished, the status is green or the blackout is complete," he said.

Luckily, there were no victims of the Transjakarta fire incident. The Transjakarta bus with the number B 7070 TRN was driven by a driver with the initials M (46).

"The cause of the fire came from the engine room. Another driver was aware of the fire behind the burning busway. According to him, the fire and smoke came out of the engine room. There were no victims," he said.