Gegera Minibus IDR 350,000 For Fuel, Gas Station In Magelang City, Even IDR 30 Million For Rp.

Magelang City firefighters tried to extinguish the fire that burned a car at the Canguk gas station. (ANTARA)

MAGELANG - A Futura type Suzuki Carry minibus caught fire at the Canguk gas station on Jalan Urip Sumoharjo, Rejowinang Village, Magelang City, Central Java. Magelang Tengah City Magelang Police Chief, Magelang, AKP Tri Iwan Kusumo Wardono in Magelang, Sunday said the car with driver Eko, a resident of Pakis, Magelang Regency, caught fire after refueling at the gas station. He explained that the red Suzuki Carry car came to the Canguk gas station to buy pertalite type fuel and was served by gas station officers with a nominal value of Rp. 350,000. After finishing filling the fuel and leaving the gas station, suddenly a spark appeared from the car. Furthermore, gas station officers reported the incident to the manager of the gas station Canguk Fani, then along with other officers took out the fire that burned the car. However, these efforts failed to extinguish the fire, then contacted the Magelang City Damkar. Then came several units of fire engines and fires were extinguished by the Magelang City Damkar unit.

Tri conveyed that the cause of the car fire was suspected to be a short circuit in the car's electricity. There were no fatalities in the incident, the loss from the fire was around Rp. 30,000,000. He said that the evidence of Suzuki Carry that caught fire contained traces of jerry cans while being secured at the Soekarno Hatta Street Patwal Office, Magelang City.