South Jakarta Firefighters Difficult To Put Out 7 Houses That Guess In Setiabudi Because Of Narrow Road Access

JAKARTA - A total of 7 houses on Jalan Batu Raya 1, Setiabudi, South Jakarta were burned. The cause of the fire is suspected to be an electrical short circuit.

Head of the South Jakarta Fire and Rescue (Gulkarmat) Sub-dept., Syamsul Huda, said the incident occurred on Thursday, July 20, at 03.05 WIB.

"That's right. 7 densely burned residential houses. The cause is electricity," said Syamsul when confirmed, Thursday, July 20.

Syamsul explained that the initial information received by his party began with one of the homeowners who knew that there was a big fire in the house. Said shouted for help, because his house was on fire. On that basis, the witness reported to the head of the local RT to report the South Jakarta firefighters.

The firefighters who received the report went directly to the scene of the incident. As many as 60 personnel and 16 firefighters were deployed.

However, he acknowledged that there were obstacles due to narrow road access and dense settlements, so the fire had already spread to other houses.

The bridge is a narrow road access and dense settlement so 7 houses caught fire. The blackout was extinguished at 03.16 WIB until it was extinguished at 05.50 WIB," he concluded.