Because Husband Burned Wife, Padang Restaurant And Motorcycle Workshop In Tangerang Caught Fire

The crime scene (TKP) of a husband burning his wife until three houses next to him caught fire/ Photo: JEHAN/ VOI

TANGERANG – Three stalls on Jalan KH Dewantoro, Cipondoh, Tangerang City caught fire. According to the fire brigade, the incident started as a household commotion.

UPT Batu Ceper Team Commander Rizki Zul Fatiansyah Rizky explained that the incident occurred on Tuesday morning, May 10. It started when there was a household commotion, a husband and his wife.

"So according to the witness, there was a family dispute, I don't know what kind of dispute it was. The point is that the family problem here is arson," said Rizky when met at the location, Tuesday, May 10.

"At first, what his wife wanted to burn, if she wanted to doused it with (gasoline) maybe it didn't hit. (But his wife) was rushed to the hospital," he continued.

The fire that was burning inside the house was getting bigger and bigger until it spread to the building beside it, namely a Padang restaurant and a motorcycle repair shop.

"If the type that caught fire was a Padang rice restaurant, a workshop, waste. So there were 3 housing units (lapak)," he continued.

After the officers received the report, eight units of the Tangerang City fire department were dispatched to extinguish the fire.

Rizky said that there were no fatalities in the incident, only a woman, namely the wife of the arsonist, suffered burns and was rushed to the nearest hospital. Losses are estimated at hundreds of millions of rupiah.

"The victim was only injured, there was one person. Severe burns. Now he is being taken to the hospital," he concluded.