SEMARANG. Relawan RZ turun tangan membantu petugas pemadam kebakaran dalam mengevakuasi musibah kebakaran yang melalap Pasar Johar, Minggu (10/05). Kebakaran yang terjadi kemarin malam ini telah menghanguskan 8.000 kios.
Proses pemadaman api berlangsung cukup lama, hingga lebih dari 12 jam. Hal tersebut mengakibatkan kondisi sekitar lokasi kebakaran penuh asap yang dapat mengganggu pernafasan.
Selain membantu evakuasi, relawan RZ juga membagikan 300 masker untuk para petugas di lapangan, baik polisi, pemadam kebakaran, hingga warga sekitar. “Saat relawan turun ke lokasi, banyak para petugas yang belum menggunakan masker. Kami membagikan masker agar mereka dapat bertugas dengan nyaman,” tutur Muhammad Isa, Branch Manager RZ Semarang.
Tak hanya itu, RZ juga mendirikan posko peduli bencana yang menyediakan masker, air mineral dan makanan bagi petugas dan warga yang melakukan evakuasi. Hingga siang ini bantuan yang sudah disalurkan di posko yaitu 15 dus air mineral dan 150 nasi bungkus untuk makan siang para petugas.
“Posko bencana ini rencananya akan dibuka hingga Senin, (11/05). Namun jika diperlukan posko akan dibuka lebih lama,” kata Muhammad Isa.***
Sumber : http://www.islamedia.co/2015/05/relawan-rz-bantu-petugas-evakuasi.html
SEMARANG. Johar Market, a traditional market in Semarang, Central Java, was devastated by a fire over the weekend.
Witnesses said the fire originated near bookstores on the second floor of the market at around 9 p.m. local time on Saturday. The fires quickly spread to other kiosks before engulfing the Yaik Market, located at the western side of Johar Market, they said.
Some 16 fire trucks and dozens of firefighters attempted to extinguish the flames, with dozens of police officers, soldiers and local people joining in the effort. The fire trucks, dispatched from fire departments in Semarang and surrounding areas such as Demak, Kendal, Kudus, and Pati, were fighting the flames until noon on Sunday.
To help the evacuation process, RZ as philanthropy fielded some volunteer to distributed 300 pieces of mask for the field workers such as firefighters, police, and local people. In addition, RZ also established disaster care post that provided mineral waters and food for them.
Around 8,000 vendors lost their kiosks in the blaze, which reportedly inflicted billions of rupiah in losses. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. ***
Newsroom/Rendriawan Muhammad
Semarang
