It Turns Out That The Origin Of The Fire At Basura Mall Came From A Motorbike That Caught Fire And Then Spread To The Car

Firefighters extinguish a fire at Basura mall, East Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Dozens of two-wheeled and four-wheeled vehicles parked on the ground floor of the Basura Apartment, Building F, North Cipinang Besar Village, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta, were burned to the ground, Sunday 10 April, evening.

"From the results of the data collection, it was found that 5 cars and 20 motorbikes caught fire. Meanwhile 15 cars were affected," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Gatot Sulaeman to reporters, Sunday, April 10, evening.

According to eyewitness information to Gulkarmat officers, the origin of the fire started from one of the burning motorbikes. Then the fire spread to several other vehicles.

"So a security guard saw the motorbike on fire, then the fire tried to be extinguished using an APAR but it didn't work. Finally the fire spread to other vehicles (motorcycles and cars)," explained Gatot.

The extinguishing process was carried out by 18 fire engines with 90 firefighters. Although the fire had spread, the firefighters managed to contain the fire.

"The extinguishing process started at 16.45 WIB and the fire was managed to cool down at around 18.44 WIB," he said.

After the fire was tamed, officers then recorded the area that was burned, which was 10 x 10 square meters.

"Losses are estimated at IDR 2 billion due to the fire that hit the ground floor containing a number of vehicles. While there were no fatalities due to this fire. At this time, officers are still cooling the fire site to ensure the fire is completely extinguished," he said.