GAMBIRAN– A building made of a swallow's nest in Yosowinangun hamlet, Jajag Village, Gambiran District, Saturday afternoon (23/7) burnt. Fortunately, the fire that has started to burn that part of the roof, can be extinguished quickly.
The building made by Suhartoyo's swallow's nest, 50, from Jatisari Hamlet, Wringinagung village, Gambiran District, it caught fire at about 16.00. The first person to know about the fire, is a Sweep, 60, the gardener at the swallow's nest building.
“The only thing that burns is on the roof,"said Gambiran Police Chief, AKP Suwanto Barri. According to the police chief, the fire started Sweep cleared the grass that was around the swallow's nest building. The grass that has been collected, then burned.
“The grass is burned around the building," he explained. Unexpectedly, The fire from the burning grass actually spread to the bamboo piles around the building. Next, creeping upwards to about the roof of the building.
“The fire burned the roof of the swallow's nest building after burning a dry pile of bamboo," he said. Sweep knowing the fire is growing, immediately convey to local residents. Next, someone reported it to the fire department (firefighter) Gambiran District.
"Residents and firefighters put out the fire together"," he said. The loss from the fire was estimated at around Rp. 10 million. And it is confirmed that there were no fatalities or injuries as a result of the incident. "Yes, because it burned a little, at least around Rp. 10 million,he explained.
Asked about the loss due to the fire, The police chief said that from the statement of the owner of the swallow's nest building, the loss reached Rp 10 million. "The loss is around Rp 10 million,"he said to the Jawa Pos Radar Tile. (radar)
