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Laborers' cigarette butts ignite Jakarta MRT cable: Management
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Maintenance work is carried out on an MRT train at a station in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, on April 26. (Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)
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fire that broke out and burned a reel of cable at an MRT construction site near Lebak Bulus Station in South Jakarta on Tuesday was caused by cigarette butts thrown away by construction workers.
MRT Jakarta corporate secretary Tubagus Hikmatullah said the management, which was assisted by the Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency, found cigarettes butts and packets at the site of the fire.
The management said the cigarette butts were thrown away by workers of Metro One Contractor Consortium (Mitsui, Kobelco, Tokyo Engineering and IKPT) and subcontractor PT Asahi Kokusai Techneion Indonesia (AKTI).
MRT Jakarta found a lack of supervision of the workers and a failure to enforce a smoking ban at the construction site.
“We have issued a warning letter and sanctioned Metro One Contractor Consortium,” Tubagus said in a statement on Wednesday.
MRT Jakarta also requested the consortium warn and act firmly against AKTI as well as dismiss the supervisor who was in charge during the incident.
MRT Jakarta said it would improve security and safety procedures at the construction site.
The consortium was also asked to remind workers not to smoke at the construction site, Tubagus said.
