Fires In Taman Sari Scorch 112 Residents' Houses

Fire in Tamansari, West Jakarta, Sunday, April 18 (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Department estimates that the fire on Keadilan Dalam I Street, Keagungan, Taman Sari, West Jakarta, burned down 112 residents' houses", said the Head of Fire and Rescue Department Eko Sumarno in Jakarta, Sunday.

He said that there were 250 families affected by the fire in RT/RW 001/005, in RW/RT 01/004, RT 005, 006, 007, and RW/RT 02/008.

There were no reports of casualties in this incident and the exact cause of the fire is also unknown. However, the initial allegation of the cause of the fire was due to a short circuit of electricity in one of the residents' houses.

Eko said the fire had been extinguished by 124 firefighters who were deployed to the location and deployment of 23 fire engines.

However, the extinguishing process was hampered by the narrow access road to the scene.

Electric currents at the TKP and residents who were less conducive when the officers carried out the blackout operation, "Eko said.

Based on the DKI Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), the fire occurred at 15:28 WIB. According to data updates submitted at 4:00 p.m. 19.30 WIB, the fire has been controlled by officers at the fire location and officers in the field have carried out a cooling process at the fire location.

Meanwhile, the object that was burned was a house with a low building type "Residential house, the status of the blackout process", as reported by the Twitter account @BPBDJakarta.