INFOKU, BLORA –A house from Kedungjenar Blora resident, Joko Suwito, was burned down on Thursday (6/1) yesterday.
The cause is suspected to be due to an electrical short circuit and within hours the fire spread quickly.
It is possible because in the house there is LPG gas that scorched the house.
Plus the house is made of wood. There were no casualties in this disaster. However, losses are estimated at hundreds of millions of rupiah.
The victim's neighbor, Bambang Suharwono, said that he was sleeping at the time. Suddenly woke up by hearing the sound of an explosion. After getting up from inside the house, you can see the fire is burning. It turned out that the sound came from 3 kg LPG gas.
He wakes up around 14:00. “Exploding multiple times. Not counting. One year, Mr. Joko (the victim, ed) sells LPG gas. There are about 25 LPG gas cylinders. The gas cylinder has exploded many times," said Bambang when he was met at the TKP.
There were no casualties in the disaster. The victim's car and motorbike were also saved by residents.
"I was about to open the fence with the key, I was afraid. Then the car was pushed out by people from the trunk. Finally saved," he explained.
Suharto, the victim's neighbor, admitted that the fire appeared at approximately 14.00. It started when his grandson Joko played with electricity, then a short circuit occurred and caused a fire.
"The fire grew very quickly. I just know it's been bubbling (the fire is getting bigger, ed), which makes the fire big quickly because the house is made of wood,” he said.
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Head of Blora District Satpol PP Hendy Purnomo through the Head of Community Protection Pujo Catur Susanto revealed that there were no fatalities in yesterday's fire accident.
"There are eight personnel from BPBD, 14 people from firefighters, three firefighter units and 20 water tanks that were deployed," he explained.
According to him, the fire could only be extinguished about an hour after the officers received the report. Considering the fire is so big and densely populated. The road to the location is also narrow.
"The exact cause of whether a child played with fire or played with electricity is not yet known. Tremendous loss. Hundreds of millions of rupiah,” he added.(Endah)
