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Jembatan Besi fire destroys 32 houses, injuring three
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Fire trucks arrive in Jembatan Besi subdistrict in West Jakarta, where a fire blazed through 32 houses in the area on April 1.
(Via sumbar.antaranews.com/TMC Polda Metro)
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hirty-two houses in Jembatan Besi subdistrict in Tambora were destroyed and three people were injured in the latest fire that broke out in West Jakarta on Sunday night.
West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency operational head, Rompis Romli, said no fatalities were reported, but “three people were injured. Two of them were residents and have been moved to Pelni Hospital. The third injured person was a firefighter named Dady Supriyatno, who was injured by a nail and has been moved to Sumber Waras hospital,” he said on Monday as reported by tempo.co.
He also said the agency received the fire report from Jembatan Besi residents who went to the Kali Anyar fire post on Sunday at 9:21 p.m.
Some 25 fire trucks and 120 personnel were dispatched and the fire was put out by 3:35 a.m. on Monday.
The fire was suspected to be caused by a short circuit at a two-story house used as a clothing factory. “We are still investigating the financial losses,” Rompis said.
Three days earlier, West Jakarta was hit by an inferno in the Taman Kota area of Kembangan Utara on Thursday, leaving 450 families homeless and two people dead. (ami)
