One unit of the Kelontong Baru Grocery Store on Jalan Pengadilan Lama, Dusun Pasar Sabtu, Desa Bandar Bireuen, Kecamatan Kota Juang, Bireuen, burned down, Saturday, 10/8/2024, at around 18.50 WIB.
The shop owner, Fadli (52 years old) was on the second floor of the shop when the fire broke out, so he immediately saved himself using a rope down outside the shop. Fadli suffered burns on his legs. Meanwhile, the goods in the shop were completely burned or nothing could be saved anymore.
According to initial information, a number of residents saw the fire. One resident immediately drove a motorbike to the Main Fire Department Post behind the Kota Juang District Office to report this incident.
Officers immediately deployed three fire engines to extinguish the flames and were followed by one fire engine from the Juli District Assistant Post and the Kuta Blang Post.
Five fire engines tried to extinguish the fire from the burning shop and the shop next to it. After about 30 minutes of dousing, the fire was extinguished by officers, the impact of the fire was that the entire contents of the Kembar Baru Wholesale Shop were completely burned.
The fire also burned the roof of the Abrar wholesale shop to the south. Meanwhile, the Boh Manok Weng Coffee Shop to the north shattered the window glass on the second floor when firefighters assisted by residents did the dousing to prevent the fire from spreading to the business premises.
Regarding the fire disaster, Fadli as the shop owner said that at that time the shop was closed and he was on the second floor.
Meanwhile, his wife named Marlina (48) and his two children Ghina Mauliana and Ghina Mauliani had gone out, one of her children named Raihana Syahira was at the Islamic boarding school.
When he was on the second floor, Fadli suddenly saw smoke from below and at that time he made sure that the ground floor was on fire. Seeing the fire, Fadli immediately got out of the shop through the front window and went down using a rope on top of his shop.
"When the fire broke out, the shop was already closed, I was on the second floor, suddenly smoke came out when I looked down there was a fire whose source I didn't know where it came from, then I went down using a rope in front of the shop," said Fadli.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Bireuen Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency through the Commander of the Bireuen Post Fire Brigade Squad A Abed Rani said that his party received information that there had been a fire at Bireuen Market, Bandar Bireuen Village, Kota Juang District, Bireuen.
His party then deployed three units of the Bireuen Post fire fleet, one unit of the Juli Post fire fleet and one unit of the Kuta Blang Bireuen Post fire fleet to extinguish the fire. The fire was extinguished by officers but the Kelontong Wholesale Store, Kembar Baru on Jalan Pengadilan Lama, Dusun Pasar Sabtu, was burned down along with its contents. Meanwhile, the shop adjacent to the incident was saved.
Meanwhile, the Kota Juang Police Chief, AKP Husni Eka Jumadi SH, explained that according to witness Fadli's statement, at the time of the incident, the shop owner was on the second floor. Smoke came from the ground floor.
The witness immediately went down the stairs and found that the ground floor had caught fire. Because the fire was getting bigger, Fadli was forced to escape through the second floor window using a rope to get down.
The witness immediately went down the stairs and found that the ground floor had caught fire. Because the fire was getting bigger, Fadli was forced to escape through the second floor window using a rope to get down.
AKP Husni said, A trader who was at the location of the fire contacted the Bireuen City Main Post Fire Department. After receiving the information, the fire department deployed five fire engines, 3 units from the Bireuen Main Post, 1 unit from the Kuta Blang Assistant Post, and 1 unit from the Juli Assistant Post. The fire was successfully extinguished at around 19.20 WIB thanks to the efforts of the firefighting team and assistance from the surrounding community.
Personnel from the Kota Juang Police went down to the location to regulate traffic around the fire area, help extinguish the fire, and collect information," said AKP Husni.
Currently, the police are still investigating to determine the exact cause of the fire. As a result of this fire, the New Twin Wholesale Store suffered severe damage, including merchandise and food.
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