Three-story Building in Harco Glodok Collapsed A three-story building in Harco Glodok Shopping Arcade on Jl. Hayam Wuruk, Tamansari, West Jakarta, collapsed, Tuesday (7/16). As a result, the rubbles of the building rained down on tens of cafeterias below. The cause of the collapse is still unknown. Luckily, there is no casualty in the incident. Lia (38), one of the cafeteria workers, said due to the rubbles she and her fellow cafeteria workers cannot work today. Harco Glodok management also has not come to visit them. “The damage to the cafeteria is not much. But, we cannot conduct our businesses,” she uttered. The collapsed building was 40 meters wide, while each of the stalls in the cafeteria is about two meters wide. “Thus, the total expanse of the collapsed floor is about 40x2 meters with 22 kiosks which fell along with the floor,” told Lia. According to Head of Tamansari Sector Police Detective and Criminal Unit, Comr. Erick Frendiz, the building collapsed at around 1.30 AM. This incident impacts on the canteen which is located on the second floor of Harco Glodok. Luckily. there was no activity in the canteen when the incident happened. “There is no casualty reported in the incident. But, there are six canteens damaged due to this incident, and now its debris is still being cleaned up,” he stated. Based on beritajakarta observations, the damaged canteens have been covered with tarpaulins, while some canteen owners cleaning the debris of collapsed building. Until now, the building management of Harco Glodok is still reluctant to give explanation of the incident in detail.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:56:10 +0000