Six Kiosks And Two Residential Houses In Jagakarsa Burned Out, Losses Reached IDR 6 Billion

Burnt house in Jagakarsa area, South Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Eight buildings were burned down on Jalan Racnho Indah, Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, Thursday, April 28, at 03.42 WIB.

Head of South Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Herbert Plider, said that of the eight buildings that caught fire, six of them were kiosks and the rest were residential houses.

"There were 6 stalls and 2 houses (lived) burned out," said Herbert when confirmed, Thursday, April 28.

He explained that the incident began when a witness, Nurmansyah, saw the fire from the chicken stall. Suddenly, he immediately screamed and tried to put out the fire.

"The fire came from the Betawi kitchen chicken shop. It had grown above the ceiling and screamed the fire and tried to extinguish it by pouring water with a hose. But the fire is getting bigger," he explained.

After that, the witness immediately reported the incident to the Jagakarsa Fire Department, South Jakarta. As a result, as many as 21 firefighting units were deployed consisting of South Jakarta and East Jakarta.

"Officers arrived at 03.53 WIB until the fire was finally extinguished at 05.10 WIB," he said.

Herbert said that the cause of the fire was suspected to be an electric short circuit from a Betawi chicken grill stall at that location.

“(The fire) is suspected to have started from an electric short circuit. From a Betawi chicken grilled stall," he explained.

He also confirmed that there were no casualties in the incident. However, losses reached billions of rupiah.

"There are zero fatalities, only the loss reaches IDR 6 billion," he said.