Fire Rage at Material Store in S. Jakarta
Reported by Rio Sandiputra | Translated by Arief Rahman
Cahaya Baru Material Store on Jalan Mohammad Kahfi II No 70, RT 07/04, Ciganjur, South Jakarta burned around 10.15 AM. The fire burned thinner liquid and paint so spread to some citizen ceiling and other business place near it.
I bought the cement at 10.15 AM there. I saw someone welding a shelf, suddenly the fire burned the rubbing alcohol
Luckily, the fire can be extinguished by South Jakarta and Disaster Management (Damkar and PB) Sub-Department.
Encan (25) mentioned, the fire started from welding sparks and spread the rubbing alcohol. Ironically, there was a can of thinner near the rubbing alcohol, so the fire grew big immediately.
Tanah Sereal Fire Victims Received Aid"I bought the cement at 10.15 AM there. I saw someone welding a shelf, suddenly the fire burned the rubbing alcohol," said Encan, Saturday (12/6).
When fire spread, he admitted heard explosion. It was expected came from rubbing alcohol.
Five minutes later, fire fighters from Jagakarsa post came. All officers immediately extinguished the fire to avoid spread to other citizen settlement behind the material store. The fire had reach as high as 5 meter also burned some shop and other houses' roof too.
Susanto, South Jakarta Damkar and PB officer said, the fire only burned a small piece of houses' roof.
"We need 40 minutes to extinguish the fire by deploying 13 units of firefighter car. Lost estimation is hundreds of million rupiah," he explained.
