Electrical Short Circuit Causes Fire in Makasar
Reported by Nurito | Translated by Rizky Mawardi
A fire raged two story house on Jalan Kerja Bakti I, RT 10/04, Makasar, Makasar, East Jakarta on Tuesday (6/11) at 8:16 was allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit.
fire was finally extinguished in one hour
East Jakarta Fire Handling and Rescue Sub-agency's Operation Section Head, Gatot Sulaeman, admitted the fire was firstly seen on the living room. In an instant, the fire quickly grew and spread to the building on the second floor until finally completely burned down.
Pay Attention to Electrical installations for Preventing Fire"The fire is allegedly caused by electrical short circuit," he said, Wednesday (6/12).
According to him, local residents were not able to extinguish the fire. That was why the fire grew bigger.
"We deployed 12 firetrucks and 60 personnel. The fire was finally extinguished in one hour," he added.
Makasar Urban Village Head, Nasrudin, stated his side also deployed 200 PPSU personnel to clean the debris.
"We deployed 20 PPSU personnel to assist the existing personnel there," he stated.
