Leakage of gas tube has destroyed a house at Jl Pejaten Barat II, RT 05/08, Pejaten Barat Urban Village, Pasar Minggu Sub-district, South Jakarta, Thursday (1/13), at around 9.30 AM. 

We managed to extinguish it within 45 minutes. No fatalities or casualties in the incident

Mochamad Arief, a Fireman of South Jakarta Fire Handling and Rescue Sub-dept said house belongs to Haris (46) is used as a cooking place.

"The flames comes out from a gas tube when being used as cooking. Then immediately burns the curtains in the kitchen and getting bigger," he told. 

Knowing that, local citizens were immediately trying to extinguish it using available tools. They did it, thus flames did not spread to other houses.

"We managed to extinguish it within 45 minutes. No fatalities or casualties in the incident," he finished.