Fire Incident in E. Jakarta Reaches 202 Cases in 2016
Reported by Nurito | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
Since January to December 2016, there were 202 fire cases happened in East Jakarta. Of that number, four killed and 14 others wounded.
Of that number, four killed and 14 others wounded
East Jakarta Head Section of Operation for Sub-dept. of Fire Handling and Rescue, Gatot Sulaiman, admitted of that number, 61 of them are houses, 18 public building, 19 industrial buildings, 26 vehicles, and others by 78 units.
Mostly the cases were caused by short-circuit electricity by 134 cases. Next are exploded stove by 11 cases and others by 57 cases.
Fire Burned Restaurant at Jl Otista“Of that number, four killed and 14 others wounded,” he said, Friday (12/30).
Based on the data, 431 families or 1,363 people lost their houses. Total material lost reached Rp 41.843 billion. As many as 991 firetrucks were deployed to extinguish the fire.
He added that the case occurred in January by 14 cases, February 12 cases, March 14 cases, April 11 cases, May 18 cases, June 18 cases, July 17 cases, August 22 cases, September 19 cases, October 26 cases, November 20 cases, and December 11 cases.
