The Fire In TMII TURNed Out To Be A Piles Of Dry Leaves Involved In Cigarette Opportunities

Firefighters extinguish the fire at TMII/ Photo: IST

The puff of smoke that came from around the bridge in the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) area shocked security officers at the tourist park on Tuesday, January 17.

The fire incident was reported to the Fire Department in the TMII Sector. Head of the operational section (Kasiops) of the East Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Sudin Gulkarmat), Gatot Sulaeman, said that his party received a report from the TMII security guard at around 12:37 WIB.

After receiving the report, four officers were deployed to the location of the fire.

"The object burned is piles of garbage and dry leaves. The area that burned is about 30 meters in the TMII area of the Migas platform, Cipayung District, East Jakarta," said Gatot in his statement, Tuesday, January 17.

There were no casualties or injuries as a result of the fire. The object that caught fire was on an empty land with leaves of shrubs.

"The cause of the fire was cigarette butts," he said.

The process of extinguishing the fire was carried out using only one fire engine unit with 4 personnel. The fire was extinguished at around 12.49 WIB.

"Currently the status is green, it has been extinguished. The fire was discovered by the security guard from the TMII Migas bridge who saw the fire had grown at the location where the leaves were dumped, then reported the fire incident to the Cipayung TMII sector office," he explained.