Thousands Of Residents Affected By The Muara Fire Refuge

Photo: Doc. Antara

Thousands of residents affected by the fire in Rawa Indah Kapuk Muara Village, Penjaringan District, North Jakarta, who burned hundreds of houses were forced to flee in empty land near the fire site on Friday night.

"There are 3,200 people consisting of 800 families affected by this fire," said Head of RW 04 Kapuk Sudiono in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Sabru, June 7.

He said some residents were already in this refugee camp and there were several tents that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government had built for the victims.

"Currently there are residents here and there are still people outside the evacuation and they will come here later," he said.

He hopes that there will be concern from the government and the private sector for the fate of victims who have lost their burning homes.

"This assistance is certainly to ease the suffering of the residents," he said.

Meanwhile, the DKI Jakarta Social Service and the DKI Jakarta BPBD have set up a tent at the evacuation site on Friday night.

They have also distributed aid in the form of logistics and food assistance to affected victims.

At the location, there were three refugee tents set up by the Social Service and BPBD who were also building tents as temporary locations for fire victims.

Previously, a fire hit a building that was standing on an area of three hectares or 30 thousand square meters on Jalan Empang Damai Rawa Indah, Kapuk Muara Village, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, on Friday afternoon.

"The object that caught fire was a semi-permanent stilt house with flammable materials so that the fire quickly spread," said Head of the Operations Section of the North Jakarta and Thousand Islands Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat), Gatot Sulaeman in Jakarta, Friday.

He said the total loss suffered by the victim reached Rp. 8 billion. The blackout action that was carried out jointly managed to save 450 housing units along with 750 families who were in locations close to the burning object.

According to him, Gulkarmat deployed 150 joint personnel and was strengthened by 29 fire engines imported from North Jakarta 23 units, West Jakarta 4 units, and PK 2 units.