2-story Kost House In Cawang Burns, Allegedly Fire Emerged From Rental Room

The location of the fire at the boarding house in Cawang, East Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A fire occurred on a 2nd-story house on Jalan Cawang UKI, RT 07/11, Cawang Village, Kramat Jati District, East Jakarta, Friday, June 23, afternoon. The fire that was suspected to have originated due to an electric short circuit burned the part of the 2nd floor of the house.

"The object that caught fire was 2 boarding rooms on the 2nd floor with an area of 72 square meters belonging to Mrs. Tatik. The loss is estimated at Rp250 million," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman when confirmed, Friday, June 23.

The fire incident was discovered when the head of the RW gathered in the post with residents. The head of the RW and residents saw smoke on the 2nd floor of the boarding house.

"Then the head of the RW and residents checked the 2nd floor. It turned out that the fire had grown. Then it was reported to the firefighters," he said.

After receiving the report, 13 cars were deployed to the location to extinguish the fire. The fire was finally extinguished at around 13:46 WIB.

"In total, we have deployed 65 personnel. The initial blackout process was carried out at 13.05 WIB. There were no casualties or injuries from the fire. The cause was suspected to be an electrical short circuit," he said.

Meanwhile, although the fire was successfully extinguished by firefighters, the officers had difficulty because of the road access to the location of the narrow fire.

"The road access is narrow. The blackout situation is over," he said.