Firefighters Respond to Blaze at KPK's Merah Putih Building

A fire occurred at the KPK’s Merah Putih building. Firefighters were deployed to the location.

“The scene is the KPK Merah Putih building,” said an officer from the Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) Command Centre on Saturday (29/8/2026).

The fire was reported by telephone to firefighters at 11.25 WIB. Firefighters immediately went to the scene on Jalan Kuningan Persada RT 01 RW 06, Guntur, Setiabudi District, South Jakarta.

Firefighting operations began at 11.34 WIB. Firefighters are currently working to extract smoke from a battery room in basement 1 of the KPK Merah Putih building.

“Fire status: the flames have been extinguished. Officers are continuing the process of extracting smoke from the basement,” he said.

A total of 3 fire engines and 14 firefighters were deployed to the scene. The chronology and cause of the fire are not yet known.

Asked separately, KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo dismissed reports of a fire. He said fogging was initially being carried out at the KPK Merah Putih building.

“We confirm that there was no fire at the KPK Merah Putih building. We were carrying out fogging in the building area, and the smoke from the fogging was detected by the firefighting equipment, which then responded by automatically releasing smoke,” Budi said.

He said the smoke from the firefighting system serves to extinguish any sparks on electronic devices. He said the General Bureau Team is currently extracting the smoke and checking other areas to mitigate and prevent potential risks.

“So the smoke that appeared was not from a fire, but from the firefighting equipment. This incident occurred in the basement area, specifically in the UPS battery room,” he said.