JAKARTA - Three houses together on Jalan Pulau Sangiyang 14, RT 01/09, Pulogebang Village, Cakung District, East Jakarta were burned by fire. The cause of the fire came from a leaking gas cylinder and was injected by a gas lighter.

The amount of flammable material makes the fire quickly spread to illegal buildings that stand on the outskirts of the river near the housing complex. Even though it only burned three buildings, the fire panicked residents who lived close to the location of the fire.

A total of six units of the Cakung sector Fire and Rescue (Gulkarmat) Sub-dept. cars that arrived at the location immediately extinguished them.

"The object that caught fire was 3 plots of houses with a fire area of 100 square meters. As a result of the fire, the owner suffered a loss of Rp. 50 million," said Head of East Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Gatot Sulaeman when confirmed by VOI, Thursday, July 13.

There were no casualties or injuries as a result of the fire incident. A total of 3 families with 11 people were rescued.

"The reason is because the gas was leaking which was struck by a gas lighter. So the owner was turning on a mosquito medicine with a gas lighter, then the fire grabbed into the gas that had leaked in the air," he said.

The process of extinguishing the fire was carried out by 30 officers starting at 12.26 WIB. The fire was then successfully extinguished at 12.55 WIB.


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