Every year usually begins with the rainy season in Jakarta, but that doesn’t mean things are all wet. In fact, there have already been 182 cases of fire breaking out in the city so far in 2015.
“Out of the 182 cases of fire, the material losses amount to Rp 55.6 billion,” said Subejo, head of Jakarta’s Fire Prevention and Safety Agency, as quoted by Sindonews today.
West Jakarta has had the most fires so far with 43 cases, followed by South Jakarta with 42, East Jakarta with 34, Central Jakarta with 33, and North Jakarta with 30 cases. Kepulauan Seribu has so far remained fire-free.
Even though 182 seems like a high number, it is considerably lower than 2014, when 280 fires were recorded up to April. Let’s hope we won’t come close to 280 by the end of this month.
