Jakarta, Sept. 21 -- North Jakarta and Thousand Islands Fire Department firefighter team rescued 53 people from a burning apartment in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, on Sunday evening (Sept 20).

The fire department's operations chief, Gatot Sulaeman, disclosed the occupants rescued from the fire, which occurred at Teluk Intan Apartment, comprise 21 adult males, 24 adult females, seven children, and an elderly person.

"The fire started from an electric panel on the 8th floor before spreading to the 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 10th floors in the apartment. An electrical short circuit is suspected to cause the fire, which we estimate to incur up to Rp1.5 billion in losses," he said.

According to witnesses, he added, officers from the apartment m...