This Morning, Three Points Of Land And Garbage Fire Locations Occurred In West Jakarta And East Jakarta

Illustration of firefighters/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Three incidents of land and garbage fires occurred at three locations in West Jakarta and East Jakarta on Tuesday, September 5, morning.

The first fire incident occurred in the Jalan Kemanggisan Ilir area, Palmerah Village, Palmerah District, West Jakarta on Tuesday, September 5, in the early morning.

"The object that caught fire was vacant land and garbage. The fire then spread to chicken and bird cages belonging to residents on the vacant land," said Head of West Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-agency Head, Syafrudin when confirmed by VOI, Tuesday, September 5.

The fire extinguishing process started at 02.53 a.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB). Then the fire was successfully extinguished at 04.20 a.m. WIB because the fire area was quite large, around 72 square meters. The fire extinguishing process was carried out by deploying 3 fire trucks to the location.

"The suspected cause is because someone was burning rubbish and it was not monitored, so it spread to empty land," he said.

Then at around 05.20 a.m. WIB, another fire was reported to have occurred at Jalan Taman Palem Raya, Taman Villa Meruya Housing Complex, Meruya Selatan Village, Kembangan District, West Jakarta.

"In Kembangan, rubbish also burned objects. The fire was extinguished at 05.31 a.m. WIB by 4 fire engines," he added.

Furthermore, a fire also hit a pile of rubbish in the Jalan Pucung area, Balekambang Village, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta at 06.20 WIB.

Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Head of Operations, Gatot Sulaeman, confirmed that the fire had occurred. According to him, currently at the location the fire is still burning.

"The burning object at this location is rubbish. The process of extinguishing the fire is still ongoing. We are deploying 1 car," he said.