The fire incident occurred in the Mangkoso neighborhood, Mangkoso sub-district, Soppeng Riaja sub-district, Barru district, Monday morning (10/1/2022) at around 08.00 WITA.
According to eyewitnesses who were at the scene that the fire started to spread in the kitchen of the victim Latihe's house at around 08.00 WITA, because the fire had already grown and could not be controlled, the witness finally ran out to save himself with his grandson, while asking for help from residents.
According to the witness, at 08.15 WITA, fire trucks arrived at the location as many as 7 units and the fire was successfully controlled at 09.30 WITA.
"Temporary suspicions are due to a gas leak. In this fire, one occupant of the house on behalf of Hj. Nuraeni was killed and 2 units of the house on stilts were burned to the ground", he said.
The items that were burned at the house of Latihe's victim were 100 grams of gold, around Rp. 20,000,000, total Rp. 400,000,000., while at the house of the victim H. Borahima Yusuf, namely furniture and important documents with an estimated loss of approximately Rp. 400,000,000.
Separately, Kasatpol PP and Barru District Firefighters Sabirin S.Sos., who were contacted via WhatsApp, explained that currently the fire has been extinguished. According to him, in this fire, 7 units of the fire fighting fleet were deployed, namely 1 Soppeng Riaja WMK Fleet Unit, 1 Balusu WMK Fleet Unit, 1 Mallusetasi WMK Fleet Unit and 4 Mako Fleet Units. "The process of extinguishing the fire at the TKP was completed at 10.30 WITA," said Sabirin.