In A Day Two Fires Occur In Kapuas District

A number of residents try to extinguish a fire in Muroi Raya Village, Mantangai District, Kapuas Regency/Photo: Antara

KUALA KAPUAS - Two fires in one day hit residential areas in two sub-districts in Kapuas Regency, Central Kalimantan, on Sunday April 17 afternoon. ) 03, which occurred at around 15.00 WIB. "There are three units of residents' houses in Muroi Raya Village, Mantangai Sub-district, which were burned to the ground," said the Chief Executive of the Kapuas Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Panahatan Sinaga, in Kuala Kapuas as quoted by Antara. For the origin of the fire, it is not yet known and the cause of the fire is still being followed up. The fire quickly engulfed three units of local residents' houses, because the buildings are wooden constructions, so the fire quickly destroyed the existing buildings. Residents struggled to extinguish the fire that continued to burn using makeshift equipment, and finally the fire was extinguished at around 16.30 WIB." There were three burned houses belonging to Giring's brother, Riansyah's brother and Agul's brother. The fire came from Agul's brother's house. As a result of the fire, there were no casualties, "he explained.

As a result of this incident, residents suffered losses that are estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of rupiah. Separately, a fire also hit six units of a shop building owned by residents in Pujon Village, Kapuas Tengah District, which occurred at around 18.15 WIB. Of the six shop building units that caught fire, two shop units were uninhabited. For the fire that occurred, the origin of the fire was suspected to be when a two-wheeler was filling fuel oil (BBM) in one of the existing stalls, then sparks occurred which caused the fire to explode. "The fire quickly burned the building because most of the buildings were made of wood. Local residents tried to extinguish it with makeshift equipment, and the fire was extinguished about half an hour later," said Kapuas Tengah Police Chief, Iptu Rahmad Tuah, via text message. .