Relief Centre Receives Aid for ‘Serdang Fire Victims’

Pangkalpinang (ANTARA) – The Serdang Hamlet Fire Response Centre in Jelutung 2 Village, South Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province, has begun receiving donations for the “Serdang Fire Victims” appeal to ease the burden on residents whose homes were destroyed in a blaze that engulfed hundreds of houses in the area.

“Thank God, aid for the fire victims in Serdang Hamlet has started arriving,” Agus Afandi, acting head of the Bangka Belitung Islands Provincial Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), said in Serdang Hamlet on Sunday.

He said donations for the fire victims in Serdang Hamlet, Jelutung 2 Village, Simpang Rimba District, South Bangka Regency, had so far amounted to 242 sacks, 231 cartons of bottled water, 90 trays of eggs, 79 bundles of clothing, 150 boxes of masks and 10 boxes of gloves.

“This aid is a great help to residents who have lost their belongings in the major fire on Saturday (10 October 2026),” he said.

“The fire victims urgently need everyone’s help. So let us come together to help our brothers and sisters who have suffered this disaster,” he said.

According to BPBD data as of 9.40 am local time on Sunday (11 October), 600 homes in Serdang Hamlet had been affected by the fire, along with 600 families, or 2,400 people. The figures are not yet final.

He said figures for the number of homes and fire victims in Serdang Hamlet differed among agencies. However, BPBD data on Sunday morning put the number of affected homes at 600, with 600 families and 2,400 people affected by Saturday’s fire (10 October 2026).