Fire Extinguished on Third Day, Nakula Denpasar Blaze Still Smoking

The massive fire at the shanty settlement on Jalan Nakula, Denpasar, has not truly ended despite the flames having been extinguished since the third day. Entering the seventh day, officers are still working intensively on cooling operations, as piles of rubbish and debris continue to hold embers.

“Today we want to finish everything, to clear it all out. From completion through to cooling, until it is done,” said the Head of the Denpasar Fire and Rescue Service, I Made Tirana, when met at the site on Monday (7/9/2026).

Tirana revealed that the fire was successfully extinguished on the third day of firefighting efforts. However, into the seventh day, officers are still carrying out a series of cooling operations across the three-hectare area.

Based on observations by detikBali at the scene, four fire engines were being operated to conduct cooling operations in turn. The process was also assisted by two excavators to rake through piles of rubbish and debris still harbouring fire.

By Monday afternoon, smoke was still visible rising from the rubbish piles at the site.

While the flames were still raging, Tirana said his office deployed ten vehicles shuttling back and forth to the fire location. Once the fire was successfully extinguished, officers continued the cooling process to ensure conditions at the site were truly safe.

Tirana added that the cooling process has taken days because the piles of rubbish and debris are difficult to extinguish. Within the piles are a number of materials that are hard to put out, such as car tyres and large pieces of timber.

“Here, alongside the accumulated rubbish, there is a great deal of building debris inside it. There are also flammable materials that smoulder for a long time,” he said.

He further stated that his office faced no significant obstacles regarding personnel or equipment. The firefighting effort was also assisted by relevant parties, such as the police, who deployed water cannons, and the Public Works and Housing Office (PUPR), which provided excavators.

Meanwhile, the former semi-permanent shanty dwellings, now completely burnt out, have been cordoned off with police lines as material for the police investigation.