Christmas And New Year Holidays, Home In Gorontalo Ludes Dilap Si Jago Merah

One housing unit in Molangga Village, Gorontalo Province was sold out by the red rooster on Monday (12/26/2022) night. ANTARA/HO-BPBD North Gorontalo

GORONTALO - Disadvantaged by residents of prayers at the mosque, home in Molangga Village, Tolinggula District, North Gorontalo, Gorontalo Province, ludes was engulfed by the red rooster.

"This incident occurred at around 19.00 WITA. The house belongs to Sumarni Hamid (46), a resident of Molangga Village," said Acting (Plt) of the North Gorontalo Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Rully Tanaiyo, in Gorontalo, Monday, December 27 evening.

It is suspected that the fire that occurred during the Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 holidays resulted in an electrical short circuit from the light switch, considering that the fire appeared to come from inside the room.

"The owner of the house is praying at the mosque. After praying, he stopped at the shop in front of the house. Suddenly he looked at his house, it seemed that it was on fire," he said.

The fire quickly burned the house, considering it was made of boards. "When the incident occurred, there was no closest source of water that residents could use to help extinguish the fire," he also said.

Luckily there were no casualties, even though the owner of the house suffered minor burns to the right arm.

"The victim's opponent, who is Sumarni's husband, was hit by the flames when he was about to move his motorbike from inside the house," said Rully.

It is estimated that the incident caused material losses of up to Rp. 100 million.

Given that the owner did not have time to save the contents of the house. "They only wore clothes on the body," he said.