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2.5-meter snake found in East Jakarta home
A 2.5-meter python spread fear on Monday afternoon among the residents of a house on Jl. Bunga Rampai 9 in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta.
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South Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency officers handle a 2.5-meter python that was discovered on Monday in a residential home in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta. The snake was captured alive. (kompas.com/Command Center Damkar)
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2.5-meter python spread fear on Monday afternoon among those living in a house on Jl. Bunga Rampai 9 in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta.
No one was Injured during the incident.
Mardiyanto, an officer of the South Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency, said the home's residents had no idea where the snake had come from, and only realized it was there after it went into the kitchen.
The residents called the agency for help at 4:44 p.m.
“Based on their information, the snake was first spotted in the kitchen and then crawled into the living room, where our officers managed to capture it alive,” Mardiyanto told kompas.com on Monday evening.
The snake had been taken to the agency, he said.
In April, a 4-meter python was captured in Pejaten, South Jakarta. (fac)
