Places For Filling Gas Cylinders, 2 Residents Of Alami Luka Bakar

This is the location of the business house where gas cylinder filling is on Jalan Kesatrian 19, RT 019/03, Kebon Manggis Village, Matraman District, East Jakarta. (Rizky Harahyo VOI)

JAKARTA - A business house where gas cylinders are filled on Jalan Kesatrian 19, RT 019/03, Kebon Manggis Village, Matraman District, East Jakarta, exploded and caught fire, Monday afternoon, November 21.

The fire was caused by a gas cylinder leak from the house.

Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Gatot Sulaeman said the fire incident occurred while filling up a 3kg gas cylinder and then a leak occurred that caused an explosion.

"The object that caught fire at the gas cylinder filling business house belonging to R. Gajah Mada. As a result of the incident, the victim suffered a loss of around Rp. 25 million," said Gatot when confirmed by VOI, Monday, November 21, evening.

After an explosion occurred during the gas cylinder leak, the flames also came out and there was a fire. "The area of the building that caught fire was about 15 square meters. The cause was a gas cylinder leak," he said.

Gatot explained that the tragedy of the explosion came when filling a 13 kg gas cylinder into a 2 kg tube. Then there was a leak and caused an explosion and set fire to the room and kitchen of the house. "There were two residents who suffered burns to their hands due to the explosion of the gas cylinder. The fire was extinguished at 17.49 WIB," he said.