Fire at Secondhand Goods Stall in Pegadungan Successfully Extinguished

The West Jakarta Fire Handling and Rescue Sub-agency extinguished fire at secondhand goods stall on Jalan Utan Jati, Mede Alley, RT 09/11, Pegadungan Urban Village, Kalideres Sub-district, Wednesday (10/2).

Then we directly deployed 20 firetrucks with 100 personnel to extinguish the fire

West Jakarta Fire Handling and Rescue Sub-agency Head, Putut Jantoko, said his side received fire report at 12:22 PM.

"Then we directly deployed 20 firetrucks with 100 personnel to extinguish the fire," he said.

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Putut added the fire started in a used goods warehouse which then spread to burn the workers' shed. After struggling with the fire, Putut continued, his team managed to localize the fire at 1:30 PM. One of the obstacles faced by officers in extinguishing the fire was that there were many flammable items.

"Our personnel sprayed the water longer to make sure the fire was extinguished fully," he added.

Pegadungan Urban Village Head, Rachmat Mulyadi, stated the fire was allegedly caused by electrical short circuit.

"The material loss is being calculated. Luckily there is no victim in this incident," he stated.