Fire Extinguishing Process in Manggarai Enters Cooling Phase
Reported by Tiyo Surya Sakti | Translated by
Up to 1:30 PM, firefighter personnel were still handling the great fire occurred on dense population area at RW 06 and RW 12, Manggarai Urban Village, Tebet Sub-district.
We continue to ensure that there is no fire
South Jakarta Fire Handling and Rescue Sub-agency Head, Syamsul Huda, said the handling was started at 2:42 AM by deploying 35 firetrucks with 125 personnel.
40 Firefighter Personnel Extinguish Fire in Pancoran"East Jakarta's sub-agency also assisted u by deploying three firetrucks," he said, Tuesday (8/13).
Huda explained that the extinguishing process was hampered by the difficulty of access to the location. In addition to the narrow road, many residents' cars were parked on the side of the road.
"We are also constrained by the water needs for spraying. The number of non-permanent buildings and shifting winds also contributed to the fire quickly growing and spreading," he explained.
According to him, firefighter personnel must broke the wall to enter the fire location.
"We continue to ensure that there is no fire since there are many flammable building materials there," he stated.
