8 Thousand Dead Chickens Roasted As A Result Of A Fire In Kolaka

The chicken coop fire in Kolaka Regency, Tuesday (8/10/2024). BETWEEN/HO-Polres Kolaka

A total of 8 thousand chickens were burned to death due to a fire that scorched livestock cages in Amamotu Village, Samaturu District, Kolaka Regency, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra).

Head of the Public Relations Section (Kasi) of the Kolaka Police, Iptu Dwi Arif, said that the fire that scorched the 960 square meter livestock cage occurred at around 08.00 WITA.

"With material losses estimated at up to Rp1.5 billion," said Dwi Arif as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 8. The fire was first discovered by a cage guard named Bayu, who was sleeping on the floor and felt the heat from the sack shelter room used for chicken feed.

He (Bayu) felt hot from the direction of the storage room for used chicken feed sacks. When he woke up and peeked from the wall hole into the used sack shelter room, he saw the flames," he said.

When he saw the flames, the witness then went downstairs to wake his colleague named Agus, to check the flames.

Based on the testimony of the two witnesses, the fire came from a gas stove that was on fire, then burned the walls of the chicken farm.

"The match near the gas stove has been consumed by fire, then spread to the ceiling, where the used sack shelter is above the kitchen, so the fire immediately burned the sacks," said Dwi Arif.

Seeing the flames that burned the cage, the community together with the village government, Samaturu Police personnel, and Babinsa then came to help extinguish the flames with makeshift tools.

At around 09.05 WITA, a fire engine in Wolo District arrived at the location and extinguished the fire. At around 10.30 WITA, the fire was extinguished," added Dwi Arif.