A fire broke out at a house on Jalan Raya Tanjung Lengkong, RT 005/008 Bidara Cina, Jatinegara, East Jakarta today, Tuesday (4/12), at around 1.35 AM. There was no casualty reported in the incident.

We deploy 10 fire trucks to the scene, and managed to put out the flames at around 40 minutes or 2.25 AM

Head of East Jakarta Fire Handling and Rescue Sub-dept, Gatot Sulaiman disclosed that the burned house owned by Dedy (56) did not have electricity. This is because it was been disconnected by PT PLN. For lighting at night, his family always used a wax. Allegedly, fire was triggered by the wax that nudged by a mouse and then burned the bedroom. 

"We deploy 10 fire trucks to the scene, and managed to put out the flames at around 40 minutes or 2.25 AM," he expressed, Tuesday (4/12).

Fire injured a citizen, Resat (32). He suffered wound on the little finger of his right hand. It happened when he tried to put out the flames. He then immediately rushed to a nearby clinic for treatment.