Senen Market Traders Still Rescuing Merchandises from Fire
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Kamis, 1 Januari 1970 07:00 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - All traders and residents of the Senen Market of Block D are now still rescuing their goods after the morning fire at 04:15 Western Indonesian Time (WIB).
Two of them are Eni and Sukamto who owned a stall at Block D ground floor. Eni saved her sewing machine and some fabrics for her business. "All of them are safe now," said Eni when met at the fire scene, Thursday, January 19, 2017.
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Eni did not know exactly what started out the fire that vanquished the 2nd and 3rd floors of Senen Market. With her uncle, Sukamto, Eni arrived at the scene at 06:00 WIB.
According to Eni, the floors that were on fire are the ones that sell the National Armed Forces' (TNI) outfits and Civil Servants uniform; and also some second-hand clothes.
Sukamto told Tempo that his stall had been burned down twice since he started selling in Senen Market. "When I was in Block 3, my loss reached Rp300 million. But this time, eventhough our merchandises are safe, we still have six months left on the contract," said Sukamto.
Same thing had been felt by Heri, a 38-year-old trader. He was forced to save his merchandises such as waist belt, sunglasses, wallets and other things. He claimed that he just got news about the fire at 05:30 WIB. "We had just paid the contract for the stall, it was merely going on for two months now. The cost was Rp130 million per year," said Heri.
LARISSA HUDA