Cruise Ship In Thousand Islands Caught Fire Allegedly Due To Engine Damage

Officers extinguished the fire on the burning Cruise Ship on Harapan Island, Thousand Islands, North Jakarta (DOC VOI/Jehan)

JAKARTA - One unit of the Cruise Ship caught fire on Harapan Island, Thousand Islands, North Jakarta, this evening. Head of the Jakut Fire Department, Abdul Wahid, said the cause of the fire was suspected to be damage to the ship's engine. "The alleged temporary damage to the engine parts of the ship caused a fire," said Abdul in his statement, Sunday, March 10. The fire department that received the report immediately dispatched two units and 15 personnel. The goal is to extinguish the fire. "The “ at 16.56 WIB the outage operation began, then, at 18.10 WIB the fire was successfully localized and entered the cooling stage," he said. Regarding the loss, Abdul admitted that he did not know about it. There were no fatalities in this unfortunate incident.

" “ at 20.55 WIB the blackout operation was declared complete and there were no casualties in this incident," he concluded.