The North Jakarta and Thousand Islands Fire and Rescue Service Sub-dept. deployed 75 personnel to extinguish the fire that burned the building on Jalan Pluit Dalam Penjaringan on Friday.
"A total of 15 vehicles were deployed along with 75 firefighters," said Head of the Operations Section (Kasi Ops) of the North Jakarta and Thousand Islands Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat), Abdul Wahid in Jakarta, Friday.
He said there were no casualties in the fire. "Alhamdulillah there were no casualties," he said.
He said this incident started when an employee saw sparks on the floor of a shop house (ruko) at the location.
The initial suspicion was that the fire occurred due to an electrical short circuit on one of the floors of the building. His party received information about the fire from residents who came to PosGulkarmat in Penjaringan.
Officers received information about the fire of a three-story permanent shophouse at around 12.35 WIB on Jalan Pluit in 3 Penjaringan, North Jakarta.
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Officers immediately arrived at the location at 12.40 WIB and began to extinguish the fire until the cooling process took almost an hour.
"At around 13.10 WIB the fire was localized and we did the cooling at 13.14 WIB," he said, quoted by Antara.
He said the area burned was 90 square meters or 5x18 square meters (m2). "The fire has been extinguished by the officers," he said.
He appealed to the entire community to be vigilant and more careful about the potential causes of the fire, starting from the installation of electricity, stoves left behind and others so that there is no fire.
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