NTT - Lembata Police in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) revealed that the fire of three Waipei State Elementary School (SDN) classrooms in Ile Kimok Village, Atadei District, Lembata Regency resulted in a loss of Rp800 million.
"An interview has been carried out with witnesses in the field at the time of the incident on Friday (May 16)," said Head of Information and Media Documentation Management (PIDM) from the Lembata Police Public Relations Section (Humas) Bripka Tommy Bartels when contacted, confiscated by Antara, Sunday, May 18.
He added that the temporary suspicion that the cause of the fire was based on witness testimony due to a short circuit in the electric current.
The incident was initially known to a Waipei State Elementary School teacher named Agustina Nahak (38). At the time of the incident on Friday afternoon he saw the flames visible from one of the school buildings that had been converted into a warehouse to store students' sports books and sports aids.
Agustina Nahak then shouted and asked for help from the surrounding community and at that time a number of people were doing social services at one of the churches not far from the scene.
"Spontaneously, people ran towards the school building and saw the fire getting bigger, then residents ran to their respective homes to pick up buckets and water to extinguish the fire," he said.
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The fire that continued to grow then devoured two other classrooms. Apart from classrooms, inventory and school books also caught fire.
"There were no injuries or casualties in the incident," he said.
Furthermore, the Waipei State Elementary School revealed the incident as a disaster and then teaching and learning activities will be diverted using the teacher room and teacher mes sourced from the local community self-help.
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