4 Houses Burned in Karimun

4 Houses Burned in Karimun

Firefighters extinguish the burning debris of 4 semi-permanent houses, Saturday (17/2) morning. f, DAMKAR KARIMUN

batampos – Four semi-permanent houses located behind the Gekari Church RT01/RW01 Kampung Harapan, Harjosari Village, Tebing District caught fire badly, Saturday (17/2) morning.

"Thank God there were no casualties. "Right now the wind is strong," explained Village Head Harjosari Indra to Batam Pos, yesterday.

The semi-permanent houses are Firman Siahaan's house, Sinaga's two units, and Andre's house. The fire started in Firman's house which had two doors and then spread to other houses due to strong winds.

"It just so happened that the house was empty and no one was there. Due to the strong wind it spread to the side of the house. The police are still investigating material losses," he said.

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For the fire victims themselves, they are currently still staying at their family's house. His party has reported the incident to the Tebing sub-district head for follow-up to superiors.

"Luckily it didn't spread to other places. "The condition of the four housing units is that nothing remains," he said.

Meanwhile, the head of the BPBD and Karimun Damkar Fire and Rescue division, Hendra Hidayat, said that when they received this information, they immediately went to the scene by deploying a firefighting team.

"Thankfully, in a short time we managed to extinguish the fire which destroyed 4 houses," he said. (*)

Reporter: Tri Haryono