81-Year-Old Grandmother In Gorontalo Burned To Death After Her House Was Devoured By Fire

A semi-permanent house fire in Upo Hamlet on Dudepo Village Island, Anggrek District, North Gorontalo Regency, Gorontalo Province killed a grandmother, on Tuesday (5/9/2023). (ANTARA)

A semi-permanent house fire on the Island of Dudepo Village, Anggrek District, North Gorontalo Regency, Gorontalo Province, killed an 81-year-old grandmother. North Gorontalo Police Chief Andik Gunawan in Gorontalo District, Wednesday said the incident had been handled by his party. The fire broke out at around 21.00 WITA on Tuesday, allegedly due to a short circuit in the power grid. The house was burned to the ground without any remnant, as well as burning a resident named Aini Noho (81).This incident occurred in Upo Hamlet, Dudepo Island, Anggrek District. A hamlet in one of the inhabited islands of a total of 52 islands in this district. The witness who saw the incident was named Johan Toto (62) a farmer and Santi Adiko (50) as well as a farmer. The two said they saw a flames about 3 kilometers from his home on Tuesday night. Senti via cell phones immediately contacted residents who were thought to be close to the source of the fire. From the results of their conversation, it was said that the neighbors did not see the fire because it was a house that was indeed far from the scene. Meanwhile Johan Toto admitted that on Wednesday morning he was about to move his cow. He was not surprised to see a house on fire. "Johan immediately reported the incident to the head of Taher Saleh Hamlet," said the Police Chief, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday 6 September. The head of the hamlet immediately reported to the head of Dudepo Village, then local residents went to the scene and found a grandmother who caught fire. The reports of the local community's source of the fire were not known to have come from where, because the location of the victim's house with his neighbors was less than 1 kilometer away and had to pass through four residents' gardens surrounded by hills.

The victim was informed that he lived alone and was known to have no relatives and family living together. The loss caused was the death toll of one person who died and one unit of the house burned to the ground, estimated at IDR 50 million.