A fire broke out at the main market in Padang City, Indonesia on Tuesday (July 14).

According to the filmer, more than 100 firefighters and 20 fire engines were deployed to tackle the fire.

Dedi Harnidal, the Head of the Padang City fire department, said: "We are having difficulties because there are a lot of flammable materials such as wood, paint and plastic inside the building."

a major fire occurred at the main market in Padang City at 17.00 local time on 14 July 2020.

the fire that burned a number of shophouses selling paint, building materials and plastic surprised the Padang residents because of the thick smoke. because it is located in a very dense area and in the market and the size of the fire makes a number of firefighters in the city of Padang defeated against the fire.

more than one hundred fire personnel and 20 fire trucks were mobilized to the location. the fire extinguisher continued for 4 hours. in order to save many houses around the location, the damkar team was willing to fight the fire to risk their lives to climb the house to the point of origin of the fire even though I always lost with water supplies that kept running out but the fire could not be extinguished.

Dedi Harnidal, head of the Padang city fire department, said: "We have problems because in buildings there are a lot of flammable materials such as wood, paint and plastic, I don't know what causes this fire".

until this news was brought down the fire could not be extinguished ,, there is no known casualties as well as the range of losses due to this event.