Fire and Explosion Reported at Kalideres Waste Disposal Site

Jakarta (ANTARA) - A fire accompanied by an explosion occurred at a waste disposal area on Jalan Perumahan Permata Taman Palem Blk. D No.1115, RT.15/RW.13, Pegadungan, Kalideres, West Jakarta, on Monday night.

Head of Operations at the West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Sub-department (Gulkarmat), Syaiful Kahfi, confirmed in Jakarta on Monday that his team received the report at 7.10pm local time.

“It was a waste fire, and it has been handled by officers,” said Syaiful.

After personnel arrived at the scene, firefighting operations took almost an hour.

Four fire engines carrying 20 personnel were deployed to extinguish the blaze.

“It has been handled. The operation finished at 8.11pm,” said Syaiful.

There were no fatalities or injuries reported in the incident. Regarding the sound of the explosion, as captured in a viral video on the Instagram account @warga.jakbar, Syaiful said he had not yet looked into the matter.

“I haven’t monitored that yet. The main point is that the fire has been successfully extinguished,” he said.