20170618 Fire guts room at House of Representatives building
Indonesia Jun 18 2017 “Complex bldg.”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Fire guts room at House of Representatives building
Updated: 2017-06-18 11:57
A room located in the House of Representatives’ Nusantara 2 building in Central Jakarta caught fire at 3 a.m. on Sunday.
According to the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD DKI), the fire was first spotted at the Inquiry Committee (Pansus) room on the third floor of the building.
At least 15 fire trucks were deployed to extinguish the fire.
“Right now, the fire has been extinguished but the smoke remains thick in there,” Central Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency officer, Permadi, said on Sunday as quoted by tempo.co.
He added that there were no fatalities because the room was empty and locked. The cause of the fire and the losses it incurred are still undetermined.
This not the first time the House building has experienced a fire. In April last year, flames razed a room on the 20th floor of Gedung Nusantara 1, allegedly caused by a cigarette. (wnd/dmr)
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