Private Karaoke Room In Cakung Luxury Housing Burns, Owners Injured

Illustration of fire/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A luxury house in the Metland Ujung Menteng Complex, Block B4, RT 15/07, Ujung Menteng Village, Cakung District, East Jakarta, caught fire on Tuesday, December 5, afternoon.

Luckily, the fire was successfully extinguished by residents, but the owner of the house suffered burns due to being hit by the flames.

"The owner of the building suffered burns. The victim was taken to the hospital before the firefighters arrived," said Head of the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman when confirmed, Tuesday, December 5.

The burning house has 2 floors. Meanwhile, the object of the building that caught fire was a karaoke room on the 2nd floor with a burned area measuring 4x4 meters.

"The cause of the fire was due to the burning of glue when the carpet maker was braking the sound damper carpet. Then the carpet burner was to make it easier to install it, but there was an ignition of fire," he said.

As a result of the fire, the owner suffered a loss of around Rp. 50 million. The fire was extinguished at around 16.45 WIB.

"The fire has been extinguished by residents, officers are only carrying out cooling and data collection," he added.