Kebakaran Permukiman Ujung Tanah Makassar, 6 Rumah Ludes Terbakar

A residential fire in Cambayya, Ujung Tanah District, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Friday (8/9/2023). BETWEEN/HO-Documentation of the Makassar Damkar.

A total of six housing units and one fish warehouse building belonging to CV Tallasa Marine were burned to the ground on Jalan Barukang, hallway 15, RT/RW 01/01, Cambayya Village, Ujung Tanah District, Makassar, South Sulawesi.

"It has been successfully extinguished. This burning material is estimated to be semi-permanent. There are three roofs, six plots, one warehouse," said Head of the Makassar City Fire Department, Muhammad Hasanuddin, at the scene, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, September 8.

For the initial blackout process, after receiving information, the first four fire engines (Damkar) were launched at the Ujung Tanah Post, then added full strength from the Mako Damkar. Because of the situation from dense settlements.

"So we launched directly from the Mako Damkar about 14 units. And as many as seven units we prepared for the distribution of clean water. At the location, thank God, we were helped by residents for the blackout process," he explained.

From the information on the fire incident received by the Fire Station at 10.45 WITA. The fire could only be controlled at around 12.50 WITA. A total of 75 personnel were deployed to extinguish the fire.

"At our location, we directly block from the North, East, South, and West. To anticipate the spread of this fire," he said.

After the fire was extinguished, the police team immediately installed a police line to find out the cause of the incident. So far, the cause of the fire is not known. There were no casualties in the incident but the amount of material losses was estimated at hundreds of millions of rupiah.

"The estimate is that the temporary suspicion from the cause of the incident is that we are still waiting for the results of the investigation from the Police. The obstacle is the narrow blackout of the alley and the distance is far from the water supply on the highway. We will include a fleet that can spread four tubes," said Hasanuddin.

He appealed to the public to increase vigilance and accuracy during this year's extreme dry season, considering that in the past week 20 cases of fires occurred in residential areas.