Fire in Guidance Location Killed A Little Girl

The burnt victim was allegedly sleeping inside the kiosk. But, her life could not be saved as she suffered a serious burn in her whole body

A great fire incident happened again in the city. This time, fire gutted 30 kiosks inside the street vendors' guidance locations (lokbin) located in Susukan, Ciracas, East Jakarta, Wednesday (6/24). The incident killed a little girl, Anggie Elina (11).

Based on the information gathered, the blaze was first seen from one of kiosks and rapidly grew up. In a moment, 30 out of 170 kiosks in the lokbin were completely burnt and killing Anggie Elina when she was sleeping inside the kiosk. Unfortunately, her mother Rioland (50) failed to save her life.

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Suniti, (45), a local said she heard screams for help from Anggie but the locals could not save her due to fire had blocked the entry of the lokbin which is located at RT 05 and 11 RW 02 Susukan. 

"Everyone here heard a scream for help. It seems from the victim," expressed Suniti, Wednesday (6/24). 

Head of East Jakarta Fire Handling and Rescue Sub-Department, Darwin Ali stated the blaze broke out around 9.30 AM. It is allegedly triggered by electrical short-circuit from one of the kiosks. 

"The burnt victim was allegedly sleeping inside the kiosk, but her life could not be saved as she suffered a serious burn in her whole body," Ali uttered. 

He mentioned as many as 20 fire trucks immediately deployed to the scene. They managed to put out the blaze one hour later. The victim then rushed to the Pasar Rebo Regional Hospital.