At least 50 houses the densely populated neighborhood of Tambora, West Jakarta, caught fire on Friday morning at 3:45 a.m. No casualties have been reported as a result of the blaze that occurred in the subdistrict of Tanah Sereal.
The West Jakarta Fire Agency deployed 37 fire trucks to the scene and extinguished the flames at 5:45 a.m.
Fire officer Sutarno said that his agency had yet to investigate the cause of the fire. However, Sutarno said that electrical short circuit might have led to the fire.
“Electricity theft is common around here,” he said as quoted by kompas.com.
In the last month alone, the agency recorded 30 fires in West Jakarta, most of which occurred in Tambora.
The Jakarta administration recorded a total of 530 fires from January to July this year, which claimed 31 lives and caused estimated material losses of more than Rp 172.4 billion (US$18.2 million).
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