70 Years Of Grandfather Saves 9 Meters Of Sumur In Belitung Successfully Evacuated BPBD

The Belitung BPBD team evacuated Supardi's grandfather from inside a well 9 meters deep (ANTARA/Kasmono/Apriliansyah)

JAKARTA - A 70-year-old grandfather named Supardi fell into a nine-meter-deep well and was successfully evacuated by the Belitung Fire and Rescue Unit Team of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD)

"Alhamdulillah, Supardi (70) we managed to evacuate from inside an old well with a depth of nine meters," said the Head of BPBD Belitung, Agus Supriadi in Tanjung Pandan, Thursday, August 15, confiscated by Antara.

According to him, the Belitung BPBD team received a report that a grandfather had his address at Gajah Mada Street, Lesung Batang Village, Tanjung Pandan fell into a well.

From the report, the Belitung BPBD Damkar team and rescue went straight to the scene to evacuate.

"The evacuation method carried out is to lower the rope and stairs so that grandfather can climb to the surface while still being assisted by Belitung BPBD personnel," he said.

It is known that the grandfather deliberately got into the well to save a cat that fell into the well, but the victim found it difficult to get back up and the condition became weaker.

"When he was at the bottom of the well, his grandfather had difficulty getting up to the top, so his condition was getting weaker due to lack of oxygen plus a narrow well diameter," he said.

He said, after a few minutes, Supardi finally was evacuated to the top of the surface in a safe condition even though he was weak.

He appealed to the public not to evacuate anything in the well alone, because it was feared that unwanted things would happen.

"Immediately contact the Belitung BPBD, so let our team evacuate whether for example there are chickens, cats or animals that fall into the well, don't evacuate yourself, worry about the SOP being wrong and can endanger your own safety," he said.