The Shophouse Engulfed in Fire, Six Residents of Tambora were Killed

Six residents died when a fire engulfed their boarding house. Three occupants of the boarding house were injured after jumping from the shophouse to the road.

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The shophouse that was used as a food stall and boarding house caught fire on Wednesday (17/8/2022) in South Duri Village, Tambora, West Jakarta. Six occupants of the boarding house died and three others were injured in the fire, which was suspected to have been caused by an electrical short circuit.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Six residents died and three others were injured when a fire engulfed their boarding house at a shophouse in Duri Selatan Subdistrict, Tambora District, West Jakarta, on Wednesday (17/8/2022). An electrical short in one of the rooms was suspected to have triggered the fire in the four-story shophouse building, which was used as a Tegal food stall and boarding house.

Residents in the surrounding areas saw a puff of smoke and fire from the second floor of the shophouse at 06:30 a.m. They tried to put out the fire with a light fire extinguisher and woke up the occupants of the boarding house while contacting the fire brigade.