Fire Of 3 Houses In Simprug, South Jakarta, Kills One Woman

Firefighters extinguish the fire/Illustration photo: IST

JAKARTA One person died in a fire incident on Jalan Rawa Simprug 3, Lingkar Putri Hijau RT 07/RW 05, Grogol Selatan, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta. According to the South Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat), one person died as a result of a fire that hit three houses. "This fire resulted in the death of one victim, namely a 55-year-old woman with the initials BS," said the Staff of the Operations Section of the South Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. (Sudin) Ruwanto in a written statement in Jakarta, Tuesday, March 14. In addition to BS, Ruwanto said, one other victim suffered injuries or a right leg fracture due to a jump from the second floor while saving himself. The injured victim was taken to the Fatmawati Central General Hospital for further treatment. One of the homeowners, namely the man with the initials AK, woke up when he heard a sound from the living room on the first floor of his house. "It turns out that the fire came from a short stream of a fan who then made AK immediately leave the house to ask for help," he said.

Then one resident named Desi immediately called the South Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Desi at 03.58 WIB to ask for help. As many as 60 personnel from the South Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. (Jsksel) were deployed to the location at 04.00 WIB by starting to extinguish the fire at 04.10 WIB until it was completed 05.35 WIB. The area of the three houses that were burned was 48 square meters (M2) with six families (KK) or 19 people affected. "The total loss estimated from this fire reached approximately Rp. 200 million," he said.