Refer Report
Jakarta –
Firefighters (damkar) are still dealing with the fire at KalideresWest Jakarta (West Jakarta). Officers are still pouring water to ensure the fire is completely extinguished.
“The cooling process is still ongoing,” said the statement from the DKI Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) Command Center, Wednesday (2/10/2024).
The cooling process has been carried out as of 13.40 WIB or has been running for more than 6 hours. The cooling process is carried out by firefighters by combing out remaining hot spots to prevent re-ignition and breaking down flammable materials so as not to leave fire or smoke.
The latest information is that 105 firefighters were deployed to the location with 21 water pump trucks. The fire was triggered by an electrical short circuit.
“The suspected cause (of the fire) is thought to be an electrical short circuit in the plastic milling machine,” he said.
The fire started in a plastic processing stall at the location. The fire then spread to residents’ houses because of the size of the fire.
“Chronology, information from residents, the fire started at the plastic pellet processing shop, then spread to the building next to it,” he said.
Circulating on social media (medsos), there was an explosion at the location of the fire. Firefighters are reported to be in safe condition.
“There is no information about victims after the explosion was heard at the crime scene. We have no information as to what the source of the explosion was,” he said.
Firefighters received information about the fire from a resident who called at 12.17 WIB. Blackout operations started at 12.29 WIB.
The location of the stall that caught fire was on Jalan Utan Jati, Kampung Tabaci RT 03 RW 11, Pegadungan Village, Kalideres District, West Jakarta.
“The (burnt) object is a stall,” said the statement from the DKI Jakarta Gulkarmat Service Command Center.
See also the video ‘Appearance of a Paper Factory Fire in West Cikarang’:
(jbr/azh)
Source: Indonesian