Two residential houses on Jalan Ambalun, RT 03\/RW 06, Pondok Labu\nUrban Village, Cilandak District, South Jakarta, caught fire on\nWednesday, suspected to have been caused by an electrical fault or\nphenomenon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe objects that burned were two houses. The provisional suspected\ncause is an electrical phenomenon,\u201d said Head of the South Jakarta Fire\nand Rescue Sub-Department, Asril Rizal, to reporters in Jakarta on\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
Asril said officers received the fire report at 08.03 Western\nIndonesia Time.<\/p>\n
A total of 20 fire engines with 83 personnel were deployed to handle\nthe blaze.<\/p>\n
Officers arrived at the scene at 08.15 WIB and began extinguishing\nthe fire two minutes later.<\/p>\n
The fire was successfully contained at 09.03 WIB, followed by a\ncooling process starting at 09.12 WIB.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe extinguishing operation was completed at 10.53 WIB. The\nsituation has been declared finished,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The chronology began with witness Anan, who was at the Navy Health\nCentre. He saw flames coming from a house across from the location and\nthen warned the homeowner to leave immediately.<\/p>\n
The homeowner then left for the Navy Health Centre while shouting for\nhelp.<\/p>\n
The fire information was subsequently relayed by Eko, the RW 06 LMK,\nto Suparno, the Pondok Labu Fire Task Force, before being forwarded to\nCommand Centre 41.<\/p>\n
The first house that caught fire was known to have an area of\napproximately 20x25 metres. The fire then spread to a second house with\nan area of approximately 3x20 metres.<\/p>\n
A total of two families comprising seven people were affected by the\nincident. No injuries or fatalities were reported.<\/p>\n
The value of losses caused by the fire is still under investigation.\nThere were no fatalities or injuries in the incident.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/two-houses-in-pondok-labu-catch-fire-suspected-electrical-fault-1787739892", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }