Fire guts laundry building

Fire guts laundry building

JAKARTA (JP): A building owned by Laundrette on Jl. Hasyim
Ashari, West Jakarta, was gutted by fire yesterday.

No fatalities were reported, but all machinery and clothes in
the building were destroyed in the fire, which started at 6:15
p.m., said head of the Central Jakarta fire department, Fredy
Alling.

"Eleven fire engines were deployed from both the West and
Central Jakarta fire departments to the fire site and managed to
completely extinguish the fire by 7:20 p.m.," he said. No
estimation of material losses was available yet.

He said it had been rather easy to put out the fire as the
fire engines could get water from two nearby rivers -- Krukut and
Ciliwung rivers.

An officer from the Gambir Police subprecinct, who asked not
to be named, said it was believed the fire was caused by an
electrical short circuit in a drier.

Efendi of the West Jakarta Fire Department said the fire also
destroyed the roofs of two nearby buildings, including a three-
story Yamaha motorcycle showroom.

"Nineteen motorcycles were saved from the building," he said.
(ind/hhr)