Fire Razes Radiology Room at RSPI

The incident happened so fast, suddenly a smoke comes out from the radiology room

An electrical short-circuit was believed to have caused a fire at the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Disease Hospital (RSPI), North Jakarta, Monday (5/26), at around 9.30 AM. The blaze has destroyed a CT scan radiology room in hospital.

Since that, dozens of patients who were waiting in front of the radiology room immediately scrambled to save themselves.

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Fifi, (31), one of cleaning services stated fire occurred when she was cleaning up the radiology room. Not long after, the patients instantly scrambled to save themselves after seeing smoke came out from the room.

"The incident happened so fast, suddenly a smoke comes out from the radiology room," she told.

Putut Jantoko, Fireman of North Jakarta Fire and Disaster Handling Sub-Department,  11 fire trucks deployed to the scene and managed to put out the blaze within 15 minutes.

He added, fire is caused by electricity short-circuit originated from air conditioning's panel of the panoramic radiology room. "There are no injuries reported in the incident," he reported