The Padang City Fire Department (Damkar), West Sumatra Province (West Sumatra) deployed seven units of fleets to extinguish the flames that burned the Andalas University (Unand) Public Health Faculty (FKM) Building.
"Damkar deployed seven fleet units with 80 personnel to extinguish the blaze," said the Head of Operations for the Padang City Fire Department, Rinaldi, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, May 8.
Rinaldi said officers received a fire report at 20.28 WIB.
Until now, the fire extinguishing process is still ongoing. Based on witness testimony at the scene, there were sparks from the campus building.
"We don't know the cause of the fire and it's still under investigation," he said.
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The Unang FKM building, which is located on Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan Nomor 94, Kelurahan Jati, Kecamatan Padang Timur, is a densely populated location. Apart from being densely populated, the road to the scene is also narrow.
"There were no casualties in this incident, but the loss is estimated at Rp. 4 billion," he said.
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