620 People Lose Homes Following Kemayoran Fire

The Central Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) has recorded that 620 people from 330 households lost their homes due to a fire in Kemayoran on Monday night.

“Approximately 620 people have lost their homes,” stated the Head of Central Jakarta Gulkarmat, Syarifudin, in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Syarifudin detailed that the fire affected 500 people residing in RT 12 to RT 16, RW 4, and an additional 120 people in RT 01-03, RW 5, Kebon Kosong Village. The blaze resulted in the displacement of 330 families within the Kebon Kosong area, Kemayoran District, Central Jakarta.

Syarifudin added that firefighters faced difficulties managing the blaze because many residents gathered to watch the incident, and the narrow access to the houses hindered operations. Furthermore, some residents were seen rushing to save their personal belongings.

Due to these obstacles, the fire was only localised at approximately 23:30 WIB, following an operation that began at 21:05 WIB, involving 35 fire engines and 175 personnel.

“We received the information at 21:00 WIB, and officers managed to localise the fire by 23:30 WIB. The extinguishing operation finally concluded at 04:15 WIB,” he said.