Fire Scorched 6 Houses In The City Of Sorong, Papua, The Trigger Was Allegedly Short Circuit Electricity

The fire devours 6 houses in Sorong, Papua (Photo: ANTARA)

PAPUA - On Wednesday, April 28, six houses in the new road area of Malawei Village, Sorong City, West Papua Province were burnt down. There were no fatalities in the incident.

Local residents suspect the cause of the fire was due to an electrical short circuit. However, this information is still being investigated by the Sorong City Police.

Witness Jian Karutarami, based on the report by Antara, said that he saw smoke and flames emerging from one of the white houses. Exactly from the ceiling of the house. The rooster quickly spread to the other house.

The police have come down to the scene of the incident to carry out checks to find out the exact cause of the fire.

The fire was successfully extinguished by the Sorong city government fire fighting team by fielding 2 fire trucks and 15 personnel.

Head of the Sorong City Fire and Rescue Service, Ridwan Iribaram, said there were no obstacles in the blackout process. Only the residents were late in reporting the incident to the fire office.

"It has been almost an hour since the residents reported the incident, so the team went down to the scene of the fire," he said.

He hopes that the public will report the fire incident immediately without waiting for the size of the fire. With early reports, the fire team moved faster and could save a lot more homes.