Barak 8 Pintu Fire In Palangkaraya, Access To Extinguishing Roadside Parking Motor Constraints

The fire department cooled the 8-door barracks in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Friday (8/9/2024). (ANTARA)

Eight-door barracks on Jalan G Obos Induk, Menteng Village, Palangkaraya City, Central Kalimantan (Central Kalimantan), caught fire on Friday, August 9 afternoon.

The operator of Emergency Service Call Center 112 Palangkaraya, Sucipto said, his party received information on the fire at around 11.15 WIB and went straight to the location.

"When it arrived at the scene, the fire had soared, eating the concrete-constructed building," said Sucipta, quoted from Antara.

He admitted that during the process of extinguishing the fire, his party had experienced problems due to the large number of motorbikes parked on the side of the road, narrow access to the scene.

Officers also had to move residents' motorbikes so that the fire fleet could enter the scene.

"This is what prevents our movement. Even though the fire is already very high, we have to be blocked by motorbikes when we want to extinguish the fire," he said.

Sucipto said, based on the information of one of the barracks residents, the fire emerged from room number one which then spread throughout the barracks.

Luckily, in this incident it did not take any lives, but this fire resulted in material losses interpreted at around hundreds of millions.

"Luckily, the barracks had saved themselves even though many items were left behind, but we are grateful that no one was injured," he said.

When confirmed about the cause of the fire, Sucipto said he could not confirm the cause of the fire and would fully hand over the investigation process to the police.

He also appealed to all residents not to block the road or access of firefighters when a fire occurred, because this would only hinder the blackout process.

"If it is hindered, the loss will be even greater because the fire is slow to deal with. So we ask residents not to make an event as a spectacle, help us officers to give way to the scene," said Sucipto.