TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Chief of Senen Police Police Commissioner Kartono, said that officers have evacuated dozens of merchants in Pasar Senen following the fire that burned down the trade center. However, he claimed to have no information on the number of victims and the amount of losses caused by the fire.
"Because as we know it, the fire is still occuring, but all merchants have been evacuated," he said on Friday, April 25, 2014.
One of the witness, Salbiah, 57 years old, said that the fire started from the basement of the building before it engulfed the third floor in just one hour. "It was very quick. Even I was surprised that [the fire] only took an hour to burn down the whole building," she said.
REZA ADITYA