Fire burns BMW showroom

JAKARTA (JP): A fire, believed to have been started by a short circuit, damaged the two-story BMW showroom on Jl. Kapten Tendean, South Jakarta, on Monday evening.

There were no reported fatalities at the site but an executive of the repair service center and showroom of luxurious German sedans estimated that the fire damaged the showroom building and two cars in for repairs.

Two fire engines from the local fire brigade were deployed to put out the blaze.

The executive said that material losses might surpass the Rp 1 billion (US$457,665) insurance claim of the building.

Chief Sergeant Tarseno from the Mampang police sub-precinct told The Jakarta Post via telephone yesterday that the fire started at around 4 p.m., somewhere on the second floor of the glass-fronted building. (bsr)