A fire occurred in the Meruya Selatan area, Kembangan, West Jakarta, on Thursday (2/1) early morning WIB. One house was burned down as a result of the incident. The fire is suspected to have been caused by a child playing with matches.
“According to reports, the child of the homeowner who lives alone, named A, played with a gas lighter in the bedroom, causing the fire to spread and resulting in a fire,” said the Head of the Operations Section of the West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency (Gulkarmat), Syarifudin, when confirmed in Jakarta on Thursday.
Fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries due to the fire.
They deployed 45 firefighters with nine fire engines to tackle the fire that occurred around 01:52 WIB.
“45 personnel and nine fire engine units.” The extinguishing operation started at 02:04 AM WIB and was completed at 02:42 AM WIB,” said Syarif.
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