Dozens Of Houses In The Lower Flamboyan Of Palangka Raya Burned

Palangka Raya City firefighters extinguished the flames that engulfed the residential buildings of the bottom Flamboyan residents, Monday (20/5/2024). BETWEEN/Adi Wibowo

PALANGKA RAYA - Dozens of houses located in densely populated areas of the Subsequent Flamboyan complex, Langkawi Village, Pahandut District, Palangka Raya City were burned to the ground.

Head of the Operations Control and Communications Section for Rescue at the Palangka Raya City Fire and Rescue Service, Palangka Raya City, said it was estimated that the residents' houses, which were made of wood construction, were burned down by about tens of houses and barracks.

"It is estimated that dozens of houses, but in a situation like this we cannot confirm how many were burned," said Sucipto, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, May 20.

He said that the cause of the fire is not yet known. However, it is strongly suspected that there was an electrical short circuit or a stove that forgot to turn off by the owner of the house.

"If we confirm what caused the fire, we will leave everything to the police according to their respective duties and functions," he said.

The fire that engulfed dozens of houses was successfully extinguished after dozens of firefighters from the Palangka Raya City Government and the quakarsa fire department managed to surround the flames, so the fire was extinguished within more than an hour.

Even with the alertness of firefighters in the field assisted by local residents, finally the flames could not spread to other residential areas because the local area was a densely populated area.

"There were no casualties in this incident, but losses are estimated at hundreds of millions of rupiah," said Sucipto.

Based on observations in the field, at the time of the incident the community spilled over and worked hand in hand to transport their valuables out of their homes because they were threatened with fire when the fire engulfed residential buildings.

Even the Jalan area of the Lower Flamboyan is also crowded with residents, both fire victims and residents who want to watch the incident.