5th Floor of the Budi Asih Cawang Hospital Building Almost On Fire, Plumes of Smoke Make Visitors Panic

JAKARTA - Visitors to the new building of Budi Asih Hospital, Jalan Dewi Sartika, Cawang Urban Village, Kramat Jati District, East Jakarta, suddenly panicked after being isolated due to smoke covering the 5th floor of the building.

The puff of smoke occurs due to a short circuit in the fire detection panel battery. The incident occurred on Monday night, March 13 at around 21.00 p.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB).

"The object that caught fire was a spare battery for the Fire Alarm control panel covering an area of ​​6 square meters belonging to the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-agency Head, Gatot Sulaeman, Monday, March 13, evening.

The cause of the fire is suspected to be due to an electrical short circuit with a total loss of IDR 1.5 million. The fire incident was discovered when a technician received a report from the PICU officer that the Fire Alarm was sounding.

"Then the team traced to each floor. It turned out that after searching, they finally found a puff of smoke coming from the control panel on the mezzanine floor," he said.

In order to extinguish the fire, as many as 3 units of fire trucks were deployed with 15 firefighters.

"The fire has been extinguished by the hospital. The extinguishing process was completed at 22.12 p.m. WIB," he said.

There were no fatalities or injuries in the fire incident. While the condition of service and patient care returned to normal.