KALIPURO – A coconut coir warehouse owned by PTNB which is located at Jalan Argopuro, Sukowidi Environment, Kaliklatak Village, Kalipuro, burnt. Allegedly, The fire that engulfed the coconut coir warehouse was caused by an electrical short circuit in one of the warehouse rooms.
Information obtained by Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi, The fire that targeted PTNB's coconut coir warehouse occurred at 22 Mingu (1/11) yesterday evening. Witness named Edy Suharjo, 46, saw the fire had burned the back of the building where the coconut powder was stored.
At that time he tried to put out the fire using the company's fire engine but it couldn't be overcome. Realize that what you do is in vain because the fire never goes out, around 02.00 Monday (2/11) Edy contacted the Fire Department (firefighter) Bany uwangi.
The firefighters came a few moments later. Officers continued to extinguish the fire until the fire was extinguished at around 11.00. The fire that engulfed the coconut coir warehouse was difficult to extinguish because there were so many raw materials that burned.
“The new fire can be extinguished 13 hours after the incident. Coconut coir is very flammable,” Kalipuro Police Chief said, AKP Supriyadi, through the Head of Public Relations of the Banyuwangi Police, AKP Subandi Subandi added, The accident was only reported to the police after the fire was extinguished.
The result of the scene of things (crime scene) the police, The cause of the fire is thought to be due to an electrical short in the warehouse. “This fire did not take any lives, but the material loss is estimated at Rp 500 million,” he concluded. (radar)
