Paint Warehouse In Cipayung, East Jakarta Burns, Evacuation Officers 7 Employees

Paint Warehouse In Cipayung, East Jakarta Burns, Officers Evacuate 7 Employees/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A paint warehouse belonging to a private company on Jalan Raya Cilangkap, Cipayung, East Jakarta, caught fire, Thursday, June 13, afternoon.

The flames quickly spread and burned the entire contents of the paint warehouse building. The incident occurred at around 13.49 WIB. Currently, officers from the East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. have carried out the process of extinguishing the fire.

"The object caught fire with a paint warehouse with a burned area of about 50 square meters. Alhamdulillah, it can be localized, the fire is gone. However, smoke is still thick at the location," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Thursday, June 13.

The fire was extinguished at around 14:49 WIB. The extinguishing process was carried out by 6 fire engines with 30 personnel deployments.

It was later discovered that the burning building belonged to PT Setara Karya Permata. As a result of the fire, the owner suffered losses of up to IDR 150 million.

"The cause of the fire was due to welding. Welding the paint rack was being carried out, then there was a paint spill on the floor and then there was an ignition and bridge of fire," he said.

There were no casualties or injuries as a result of this fire incident.

"There were no victims, seven people were saved," he said.