Fires damage office, factory and house

Fires damage office, factory and house

JAKARTA (JP): Fires damaged part of a four-story office
building in South Jakarta, a leather processing factory in North
Jakarta and an empty house in West Jakarta on Saturday. No
fatalities were reported.

The first fire started at about 5:30 a.m and damaged the
fourth floor of the oil and gas contractor PT Perfiniki
Engineering office on Jl. Mampang Prapatan Raya.

The South Jakarta Fire Brigade chief, Ishak Sulaeman, said the
fire, which was put out in two hours, was caused by a short
circuit on the fourth floor.

The office's security guard, Darmono, said computers and files
were destroyed in the fire. Losses had yet to be calculated.

The second fire, which started at about 1 p.m, destroyed a
leather processing factory on Jl. Jembatan Dua, Penjaringan.

A fire fighter, Sidik, speculated that a short circuit caused
the fire at a processing machine.

The fire, which was extinguished by about 2 p.m., caused an
estimated Rp 50 million (US$20,833) in material losses, he said.
Eleven fire engines were deployed to deal with the fire.

An empty house on Jl. Pulau Lati, in Permata Kembangan housing
complex was razed by a fire which started at about 4 p.m.

The losses have yet to be calculated, Mujiman, a firefighter
at the West Jakarta Fire Brigade, said.

He said nine fire engines extinguished the fire in about one
hour. (jun)