The Third Time The Taman Puring Market Fires, Pramono: We Will Fix It

Taman Puring Market caught fire on Monday, July 28 evening. (IST)

JAKARTA - Taman Puring Market caught fire on Monday, July 28 evening. This is the third time the market, which is located on Jalan Kyai Maja, Kebayoran Baru, has caught fire.

Previously, Taman Puring Market was heavily burned in 2002, then caught fire again in 2005, and it happened again last night.

DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung promised to repair and revitalize the market that stands on land owned by the local government.

"Indeed, there have been 3 times and for that we will of course still fix it," said Pramono when met at the Pluit Reservoir, North Jakarta, Tuesday, July 29.

According to Pramono, the existence of the Taman Puring Market is still very much needed by traders and the local community.

"That's a market whose activities are still very high. Of course, with this fire, we will help to repair existing facilities," said Pramono.

"I didn't check whether there was an APAR (light fire extinguisher) or not, but what is clear is that the handling was quite fast yesterday," he continued.

The Park Puring fire began at 18.00 WIB, Monday, July 28. A total of 34 fire engines and at least 115 officers were deployed to extinguish the fire.

The Taman Puring Market fire reportedly started at 18.05 WIB. When the fire emerged from one of the kiosks in Block D and E, security officers initially extinguished independently before finally reporting to the firefighters.

Initially, the fire occurred due to an electric corsletig. after officers localized and cooled, the blackout was completed on Tuesday, July 29 at 01.30 WIB.