Allegedly Electrical Shortage From Cellphone Charger Cable, One House Caught Fire In Duren Sawit

Firefighters cooling down at the scene/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A room in a two-story house located on Jalan Wijaya Kusuma, RT 02/07, Malaka Jaya Village, Duren Sawit District, East Jakarta, was scorched on Monday, February 7, afternoon.

Head of the Ops Section of the East Jakarta Fire and Rescue (Gulkarmat) Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman, said that his party received a report of a fire at the location at 15.11 WIB.

Gatot said, the room that caught fire was a room on the second floor. It is suspected that the cause was due to an electrical short when the occupants were charging their cellphones at the outlet of the room.

"It is suspected that there was an electrical short while charging the cell phone in the room. The upstairs room only caught fire," Gatot told reporters, Monday, February 7, evening.

His party deployed 6 units of fire engines accompanied by 30 personnel. Luckily the fire was extinguished in a matter of minutes.

"The blackout started at 15.15 WIB and finished at 15.36 WIB. There were no casualties," he said.

However, for material losses, it is estimated at Rp. 100 million.

"The area of the burnt room is 6 square meters. Then if the material loss is estimated at Rp. 100 million," he said.