Fire razes shop, bike repair shop

JAKARTA: A shop house and a motorcycle repair shop belonging to Pairus Situmorang, 60, on Jl. Ampera Raya, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, caught on fire late on Thursday.

The Jakarta Police revealed on Friday that the preliminary investigation found indications that a short circuit caused the fire.

Witnesses said the fire started at the shop house and quickly spread to the adjacent motorcycle repair shop.

At least 18 fire trucks and support vehicles were deployed and managed to put out the fire a few hours later.

The South Jakarta police were still investigating the case and assessing the losses incurred in the incident. -- JP