Panic Visitors, Car Caught Fire In Mall Parking In Samarinda

Fire illustration (ANTARA)

SAMARINDA - Allegedly due to a short circuit, a car parked on the 2nd floor of a mall in Samarinda City, East Kalimantan, Sunday, April 14, caught fire.

There were no casualties in the fire accident, but visitors to the mall panicked and two other cars also suffered minor damage due to the impact of the flames.

The city car, which is parked on the 2nd floor of the mall in the Jalan Irian area, Samarinda City, suddenly caught fire.

When the car with the police number KT 1861 MR caught fire, visitors to the mall also heard a number of explosions coming from the middle of the fire.

As a result of this fire, there was also panic from mall visitors, as well as causing two other cars parked beside the burning car, also suffered minor damage due to being affected by the flames.

The Head of the Samarinda Fire and Rescue Service, Teguh, said that his party received reports of a car fire in the parking area on the second floor of this mall, at around 17.14 WITA. When the firefighters arrived at the location, one car had been burned down, and two other cars were also affected.

"We received it at 17.14 WITA, there was a Suzuki Slash brand vehicle that caught fire on the 2nd floor of the SCP parking lot in Samarinda City, so there were 2 cars that were affected by one Terios car, one Innova," said Teguh.

According to him, this fire is strongly suspected to have originated from an electrical short circuit in the car's electricity network, triggering sparks that then grabbed the fuel hose, so that the flames quickly grew.

Luckily, this fire was quickly handled by the Samarinda City firefighters who were assisted by volunteers, so the flames did not have time to grab other vehicles.

"It can be handled by the Samarinda firefighters and Samarinda City volunteers for about an hour. For the initial suspicion, maybe from a vehicle short circuit, yes, a cable, maybe an open or torn cable, eventually delivering strong currents and a fire," he added.