PALEMBANG - The building of the Faculty of Psychology, Campus B Jakabaring, UIN Raden Fatah Palembang, South Sumatra (Sumsel), experienced a fire allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit.

Based on data from the Palembang Fire Volunteers, the fire broke out on Thursday, April 17 at around 08:00 WIB and the Palembang City fire officers immediately launched deploying fire engines to deal with the fire, which caused quite thick black smoke.

The firefighters from the Merdeka Command Post, Seberang 1 Ulu Post, and Kemuning Post, handled the fire.

Head of the Palembang Fire Department Fire Department, Rika, said that the fire occurred at around 08:00 WIB. A total of eight fire engines were deployed to extinguish the fire.

He added that his party immediately mobilized personnel along with a number of pump trucks to extinguish the fire that had grabbed.

"Officers immediately handled the fire and directed students not to approach the location of the fire," said Rika, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, April 17.

Meanwhile, a number of students rushed to see the fire and witnessed the firefighters handling the fire.

"This morning when I was going to class, there was a lot of smoke and it was visible, it turned out that there was a fire," said Fira, a student.


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