5 houses in Tambora Burn, ODGJ Man dies allegedly closed in the room

Jakarta – Five houses in Tambora, West Jakarta (Jakbar), were hit by fire. A person with mental disorders (ODGJ) with the initials (41) died in the incident. “So this (male) victim was not saved. He was closed in the room, caught up and couldn’t get out. When he was found, he was already dead,” said the head of the operational division of the West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Kasiops Gulkarmat), Syarifudin, as reported Antara, Friday (10/10/2025). Syarif said five houses were destroyed by fire in the incident. It was reported that a number of other people were injured in the fire that occurred on Jalan Pangeran Tubagus Angke, Tambora. Browse to continue with the content “So there are five houses, and there are 11 residents. One person is dead and there was several minor barn,” Syarif said. Until now, the exact cause of the fire this morning is still being investigated by police officers. The Western Jakarta Gulkarmat Subagency has deployed 21 fire vehicles with 105 staff members to handle the fire. Residents of residents’ testimonies said the fires in the five houses were believed to have begun with sparks of iron welding. It was transferred by one of the burnt offerings, Anwar, 48. “The fire came down on one of the houses because someone welded iron welded. It came here (the melt),” Anwar told reporters and pointed to the top of the building where the welding was carried out. The welding or spark fell into one of the houses and hit flammable material. “Maybe it hit asbestos, the asbestos broke, the fire entered and then spread to my house and other houses. It happened around 9.30am, ‘he said. Anwar said locals had time to help put it out with water and light fire extinguishers (apar), but the fire grew larger and spread quickly. “The fire was carried quickly by the wind, us and the residents watered it and did not stop using fire extinguishers, it could not be stopped. Some people were also hit by sparks,” he said. Due to the fire, all the securities and electronic objects belonging to him and other victims were destroyed by fire. “Letters, electronic objects, everything was destroyed by fire. So 11 people were the victims of the fire, including my family,” Anwar said. (JBR/FAS)