Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - Head of the South Kalimantan Regional Office of the Ministry of Religious HM Tambrin stated, fires at Sakkab Al Barakah Hotel, Aziziah, Mecca, on Thursday morning, not a boarding of pilgrims from Banjarmasin embarkation.
"We got information from Banjarmasin embarkation Hajj officers in Mecca that the fire accident in a hotel room was not a place of pilgrims (JCH) of our region," he said here on Friday.
According to him, Banjarmasin embarkation pilgrims which all now in the holy land of Mecca not occupy lodgings in the area of Aziziah. The 12 flight groups of Banjarmasin embarkation are in three areas, namely Mahbaz Jin, Jarwal, and Syisyah.
"So the families in the area do not need to worry, our pilgrims certainly fine," he said.
In fact he was grateful to the present as many as 4,000 or more pilgrims originating from South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan reportedly in good condition. There is no ill-informed pilgrims alarming.
"Yes, mostly only colds and not good stamina because of weather adjust not the same as in the homeland," he said.
Therefore, said Tambrin, all pilgrims has been asked to maintain stamina and health in preparation for the summit to practice Armina (Arafat Mina) to perform the pillars of Hajj.
