Six homes were engulfed by flames on Christmas Day (December 25) in the Indonesian city of Padang.

Residents of nearby properties fled before 70 firefighters arrived in 10 vehicles to put out the blaze.

Fortunately, there were no injuries as the residents of the affected homes were away on holiday, according to a senior official from the Padang fire department.

The official said the homes were badly damaged by the fire and estimated the losses at 1 billion rupiah, or 71,000 US dollars.

At the moment of Christmas, December 25, 2020, six houses in the densely populated area of ​​Berok Nipah in the city of Padang, Indonesia were burnt by fire.
At the location, residents were seen running in panic seeing the bigger fire and a thick bandage of black smoke.

The enlarged fire also destroyed the electric current which emitted several flames.

luckily, the Padang city fire department quickly lowered eight 10 cars and 70 members extinguished the fire.

The head of the Padang city fire suppression, Basril, said that "there were no fatalities in this incident because the house was empty where the owner of the house had a Christmas vacation, but the material losses were estimated at billion rupiah".

interview translet: head of the Padang city fire suppression, Basril "we found it difficult to extinguish the fire, the electric cables that were also burned and the electricity was still on, making the officers have to be careful not to get shocked".