Officers Successfully Fired At The Salak Hospital In Bogor

Fire at the Bogor Salak Hospital (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Officers from the Fire Department, TNI, and Polri managed to extinguish the fire that occurred in the Salak Hospital in Bogor City, West Java Province, in about an hour and a half.

"The fire was extinguished at 15.00, now officers are still cleaning and making sure it is safe around him," said Head of Bogor City Police, Kombes Pol Bismo Teguh Prakoso at the fire location, Friday afternoon, quoted by Antara.

"After the entire extinguishing activity, we will provide a police line (police line)," he said.

He said that the fire in the Salak Hospital was suspected to have occurred due to an electrical short circuit.

Bismo said that the fire in one of the buildings in the hospital was known at 13.20 WIB and about 15 minutes later the fire spread to the buildings beside it.

Officers managed to extinguish the fire that occurred at the Salak Hospital at around 15.00 WIB with the support of 14 fire engines, eight fire engines from Bogor City and six fire engines from Bogor Regency.

According to temporary police data, there were four rooms that caught fire at the Salak Hospital, including health checks and pharmacy installations.

Police officers will conduct a crime scene investigation on Saturday (8/4) morning to find out the cause of the fire that occurred at the hospital.

When the fire broke out at the Salak Hospital, the route from the Fountain Roundabout was temporarily closed. The vehicle is directed to make a U-turn or through Jalan RE Marthadinata.

The road in front of the Bogor Palace leading to Jalan Sudirman is also temporarily closed. Until 16.40 WIB the route to Jalan Sudirman has not been opened. The fire engine is still in the middle of the road.