Again, ODGJ In Cakung Burns Residents' Houses

Firefighters at the location extinguish the fire/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - People with Mental Disorders (ODGJ) again burned in an empty house located on Jalan Raya Bekasi, RT 01/05, Rawa Terate Village, Cakung District, East Jakarta on Wednesday, September 13, afternoon. The incident was reported to have occurred at around 15:13 WIB.

From the testimony of witnesses, the perpetrator, who was unclear, suddenly came to an empty house at the scene.

"The ODGJ entered the vacant house and caused a fire. The cause of the fire from ODGJ caused the fire," said Amir, one of the residents at the location, Wednesday, September 13.

Luckily, the flames that had grown were successfully controlled by firefighters. So that the fire was successfully extinguished before spreading to other residential areas.

Meanwhile, Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Gatot Sulaeman said his party had deployed 6 fire engines with a total of 24 personnel to the location of the fire.

"The fire was extinguished at around 15.34 WIB. The object that caught fire was an empty house belonging to H. Nur Kaman with an area of 12 meters on fire," he said.

Gatot said that currently the flames had been extinguished by officers.

"Alhamdulillah, the safe situation has been discussed, the cooling process continues. As a result of the fire, the owner suffered a loss of 20 million," he said.