JAKARTA - The Tzu Chi School located on Jalan Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) Kamal Muara Village, Penjaringan District, North Jakarta, was on fire on Monday morning, allegedly due to a lightning strike that hit the building.
"The fire on the 5th floor of this school occurred allegedly due to lightning," said Kasiops of the North Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service and Gatot Sulaeman's Thousand Islands.
He said from the testimony of eyewitnesses at the location, the gondola cable was initially known to have been struck by lightning, then caused a fire on the wall of the 5th floor building.
Local officials immediately contacted the fire service (damkar) to ask for assistance, and the damkar team responded.
According to Gatot, the burned object was 72 square meters, and the losses due to the fire were estimated at Rp. 200 million.
Fire officials first received information about the fire at 10.22 WIB, and immediately moved to the location.
Upon arrival at the scene, officers immediately carried out a fire suppression at 10.32 WIB. Then, the fire could be localized and cooled so that the entire fire suppression process ended at 11.42 WIB.
"We deployed 40 personnel and eight units of fire trucks to put out the fire. Currently, the status of the fire has been extinguished," said Gatot.
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