Three Stores Burned

DUMAI - Wednesday (20/2/2013) night, the fire burned Jalan Diponegoro, Dumai City. As a result, three store houses burnt and its contents sold. As a result of the accident, a loss estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.

The fire happened at about 22:15 pm that preys on three two-storey shophouse. Shophouses consisted of glassware shops, grocery stores and a warehouse.

Nearly three hours later, a new fire was extinguished. Other shophouses adjacent to the burned successfully secured from the wrath of the flames. Several fire trucks owned by Pemko Dumai, PT Pertamina and PT Chevron down to extinguish the fire.

The information collected, the first fire thought to have come from the shop that sells glassware. Ruko is not owner occupied. The fire is quickly devoured the contents of the shop. And then grabbed the next shop.

The residents around the new shop came out after hearing people screaming there was a fire. According to Riki, one of the occupants of the shop is not far from the scene of the fire, he heard screams coming out of the shop. When out, he saw people crowding watched the smoke of a row of shophouses with his own shop.

"I was in the shop again break. Hearing the cries of my people right out of the shop to find out what was going on. Turned out there was a fire at another shop, "he said

Firefighters received a report, coming soon. Assisted residents, fighting effort made. New fire was controlled after three shophouses burnt.

Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Dumai, Ristiawan Bulkaini SH when confirmed claimed could not confirm the cause of the fire. "Our members are still doing the examination of witnesses at the scene. Growing information, however, the trigger of the power surge," he said.(*)