SUMBAWA - Fires hit dozens of houses in Juran Alas Village, Alas District, Sumbawa Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), allegedly due to an electrical short circuit.
"In that incident, six houses were razed to the ground, five other houses were slightly damaged," said Alas Police Chief AKP Djoko Rahmat Santoso Gatot as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, July 28.
This fire occurred in RT 01, RW 03, Dusun Otak Desa, Village Juran Alas.
The houses that were burned down belonged to Jamaluddin (70), Fitranuddin (51), Hasanuddin (39), A. Yani (58), Hamzah (63) and Hermawansyah (47). Meanwhile, five houses were slightly damaged, namely Syafruddin AR (50), Saiful Bahri (55), Samsuddin (50), Ramlah (70) and Jubaedah (55).
The fire started when there was an electric short circuit in the house of one of the residents, which then spread to other houses. At the time of the incident, the owner of the house was not at home.
"In addition to hitting residential houses, a prayer room was also affected," he said.
Seeing the incident, the entire community around the location extinguished using makeshift tools.
But the fire was not completely extinguished, then three firefighters arrived at the scene to help the community to extinguish the fire.
The fire was extinguished by firefighters, assisted by Alas Police and Alas Koramil personnel, as well as the local community. The new fire can be controlled around 18.30 WITA. The fire quickly spread because the resident's house is a house on stilts.
"In addition, at the time of the incident, the wind was blowing quite hard, causing the fire to spread quickly. The narrow road to the scene made it difficult for firefighters to extinguish the fire," he said.
Until now, local residents are still helping to clean up the debris from the fire and secure items that can be saved. Police officers also provide security around the location, to prevent criminal acts.
"Material losses in the incident reached Rp 500 million. There were no casualties in the incident," he said.
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