Cipinang Indogrosir Basic Food Warehouse Caught Fire Again On Tuesday Night

The Fire Situation At The Cipinang Main Market Indogrosir Warehouse, East Jakarta/ Photo: IST

The fire ignited again burning the Indogrosir Warehouse, Cipinang Main Market, East Jakarta, Tuesday night, March 21. The flames grew again until they crushed the rest of the building. It is suspected that the fire and black smoke ignited again because of the large amount of flammable goods and the oil spill so that the fire was difficult to extinguish.

Meanwhile, firefighters continued to work hard to extinguish the fire which had been on for 10 hours.

Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman, said 23 fire engines were deployed to the Indogrosir Cipinang fire site, East Jakarta.

"A total of 120 firefighters continue to work hard to extinguish the fire. We also evacuated the rescue of 20 warehouse workers," said Gatot in his statement, Tuesday, March 21, evening.

The fire was previously successfully cooled at 15.47 WIB. But the fire broke out again on Tuesday night.

Previously, it was reported that officers from the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. managed to localize the flames that hit the Cipinang Indogrosir warehouse, on Jalan Pisangan Lama Timur, Pisangan Timur Village, Pulogadung District, East Jakarta on Tuesday, March 21, at around 14:34 WIB. Currently, officers are still doing the cooling process.

"The status has turned yellow, it can be localized," said Head of the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman, to reporters, Tuesday, March 21.

From the results of data collection from the Gulkarmat Sub-dept., the indogrosir warehouse that was burned down was known to belong to the Cipinang food station. The area burned was 1,500 square meters.