169 Fire Cases Occured in North Jakarta
Reported by Budhi Firmansyah Surapati | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
North Jakarta Fire and Disaster Management Sub-Department
recorded that since January to early December 2014, as many as 169 fire cases
occurred in North Jakarta. 92 out of them triggered by electricity
short-circuit.
Over three years, from 526 fire cases, 334 of them triggered with electricity short-circuit
It is followed by 27 cases due to stove explosion, 17 cases
due to cigarette and 24 cases due to other triggers. Fire also killed 6 people,
namely one fireman at Wiyoto Wiyono Toll, Penjaringan on Saturday (6/28), one
citizen in a stall, Jalan Indokarya, Papanggo on Friday (7/25), two citizen at
the Kawasan Berikat Nusantara (KBN), Cilincing on Thursday (9/25), one boy in a
fire at Sukapura on Saturday (11/8) and one grandfather died on Monday (11/10).
The material loss reached Rp 78,906,500 million.
Head of North Jakarta Fire and Disaster Handling
Sub-Department, Muchtar Zakaria admitted since last three years, the cause of
fire in North Jakarta is dominated with electricity short-circuit. "Over
three years, from 526 fire cases, 334 of them triggered with electricity short-circuit,"
he expressed, Thursday (12/11).
Responding on this matter, Acting North Jakarta Mayor, Tri
Kurniadi asked the State owned electricity company PT PLN to crack down on
illegal electrical installation. He suspected, many citizens who use the power
cord does not match the voltage and trigger electricity short-circuit that led
to the fire.
"A lot of theft and misuse of electricity occurred in
dense residential," he finished.
