40 houses destroyed by fire at Bantar Gebang

40 houses destroyed by fire at Bantar Gebang

BEKASI: Around 40 temporary houses at the Bantar Gebang
dumpsite in Bekasi burned down on Sunday afternoon, leaving 240
scavengers homeless. No fatalities were reported during the
incident.

Several victims fled to a nearby public health center for
medical treatment. The homeless are currently staying at
shelters.

Eyewitness Muchlis said the incident occurred when residents
burnt garbage on the site. They had never burnt garbage before as
the site management uses a sanitary landfill system.

Eight trucks with 48 firefighters were deployed to the scene
and managed to extinguish the fire in half an hour.

The Bantar Gebang police station is currently handling the
case. -- Antara