Dozens Of Houses In Lorong 41 North Makassar Veterans Burnt Out

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MAKASSAR - Dozens of houses of residents, in hallway 41, Jalan Veteran Utara, Kerung-kerung Canal Inspection, Makassar District, Makassar City, South Sulawesi were burnt down.

"There were 11 houses on fire, with 21 heads of families. The cause of the fire is not yet known, but it is suspected that a short circuit (short circuit) said Company Commander, Makassar Fire Service, Rustam Jufri, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, September 21.

The house fire in the densely populated residential area is estimated to have occurred at 18.00 WITA. The fire was successfully extinguished an hour later after the fire team received reports from residents.

The number of personnel deployed to extinguish the fire was 77 people, with a strength of 23 fleets.

The extinguishing did not encounter any problems, because local residents cooperated to help firefighters and even used local river water to extinguish the fire.

The burnt house, made of wood, and partly semi-permanent. It is not yet known how much material losses were caused by the disaster, but the residents' valuables were burned. There were no casualties in this incident.

In addition to the fire in Kerung-kerung, the Makassar Fire Department also reported fire incidents at three other points.

First, the fire on Bontomanai Street, Bulurokeng Village, Biringkanaya District. One unit of the house caught fire in that place, fortunately the house was empty, the suspected cause of the incident was the burning of garbage.

Second, a hut in the area of Villa Mutiara, Biringkanaya District. Then a fire in a bamboo garden next to the UPRI campus, Manggala District, Makassar and a fire at the Final Disposal Site (TPA) in Manggala District. There were no reported casualties in the incident.