Allegedly Short Circuit, Islamic Boarding School In Cianjur Caught On Fire

Islamic boarding school in Cianjur caught fire/Photo: Antara

CIANJUR - The Islamic boarding school building in Batulawang Village, Cipanas District, Cianjur, West Java, caught fire on Friday, allegedly due to an electric short circuit.

There were no casualties in the incident but the loss was estimated at around IDR 100 million.

According to information gathered, the 4-story building caught fire when most of the students were carrying out Friday prayers. There was panic because the water source for extinguishing the fire was quite far away.

"It is suspected that the fire originated from a short circuit in the students' room on the 3rd floor, then spread to the roof on the 4th floor. It was recorded that 10 students' rooms on the two floors were burned and their contents," said the administrator of Islamic boarding school Ibnu when contacted in Cianjur, Friday, February 25.

Efforts to extinguish the fire using a water hose were not optimal, and the fire continued to spread from room to room until it was completely burned. Finally, two fire engines arrived at the scene and immediately put out the fire.

After burning for about an hour the fire was finally extinguished and did not have time to spread to other buildings.

"The fire was successfully extinguished after the fire truck arrived and immediately made efforts to extinguish it quickly," he said.

For the time being, Ibnu added, students whose rooms were burned were diverted to a number of rooms and rooms in the Islamic boarding school, while waiting for repairs to be carried out.

"We hope that the burned-out buildings can be rebuilt and reused," he said.

Cianjur firefighter Micky Arizona said that his party was hampered in coming to the location because the road was quite difficult for fire trucks to pass, but the extinguishing process did not take long, including the cooling process.

"We had a hard time getting to the location because the road was quite steep, but in less than an hour, the fire was extinguished. The temporary suspicion is that the cause of the fire was an electrical short circuit in one of the rooms on the 3rd floor. The loss from the fire was estimated at one hundred million," he said.