Police briefing room catches fire

Police briefing room catches fire

JAKARTA: The National Police briefing room caught fire on
Friday night due to a short circuit, but no damage was done, city
police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said.

He said that the room, which is usually used for meetings with
the National Police chief, caught fire at about 8:30 p.m., but it
lasted only for about 10 minutes, as officers on night duty
quickly managed to put it out.

"It's only a small fire. Night duty officers quickly
extinguished it. No documents were destroyed and no significant
material loss resulted from the fire," he said, as quoted by
Radio Elshinta on Friday night.

He said that the short circuit on the room's ceiling was due
to water leakage from the roof. "This is the first time that the
police headquarters has caught fire," he said.