Binus Anggrek Campus Moves to Online Lectures After Fire, Students Baffled by Entry Ban

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Teaching activities at Bina Nusantara (Binus) Anggrek campus, Kemanggisan, Palmerah, West Jakarta, were shifted to online due to a fire on Friday morning, 22 May 2026.

The sudden development left several students who had already arrived at the location puzzled as entry to the campus was barred.

Because information about the fire and class rescheduling spread in student communication groups while some were already on their way to the campus.

“From Depok, I left at 06:15 WIB this morning. There was no info that the campus had burned. I was driving, so I didn’t check my phone,” Jason said when approached by Kompas.com in front of the campus area on Friday.

When he reached the location, he was confused because access to the campus had been completely closed by security due to firefighting operations.

“I arrived here around 07:00 WIB and the gates were closed; they told me I couldn’t enter due to a fire. I’m confused, I’ve just arrived,” he said.

“The campus authorities immediately directed that students should not come to the location and that learning should be switched to the Zoom application.”

“Classes were supposed to be at 07:20 WIB, but were moved to Zoom, online-only until 09:00 WIB. It was announced that there was a fire at the campus, and they immediately recommended using Zoom meeting online,” he explained.

“He also confirmed that according to the information spread, the fire location was the auditorium on the 5th floor.”

“Initially, I actually had a training schedule today; there wasn’t a class. But when I arrived here, it was already crowded, ‘there’s a fire’,’ Morio said.

“After realising the incident, Morio checked his phone and found a string of messages about the status of today’s classes.”

“Turns out all campus activities were shifted online.”

“He then received information in WhatsApp and the cohort Discord group that the classes would be online,” he said.