Hours-long factory fire in West Jakarta leaves three injured

An employee who was working at the time suddenly saw a blaze that had grown inside a warehouse storing cardboard and plastic, said Saiful Kahfi, Kasiops of Sudin Gulkarmat Jakbar, to reporters on Tuesday, 19 May 2026. The employee then reported the incident to security, and before reporting to firefighters, the worker had attempted to extinguish the blaze. “The employee reported to security and tried to extinguish it with an APAR, and security then contacted the fire brigade,” he said. The fire was reported to have occurred on Monday (18 May) at 14:23 WIB. Cooling operations have been carried out by officers since 16:20 WIB yesterday afternoon. By this morning, responders were still cooling the site. Three people were injured. The blaze had not yet been brought under control. “The fire situation is in the cooling phase. The injured include two officers and one civilian,” Kahfi told reporters. Kahfi noted that a volunteer firefighter suffered shortness of breath and had to be taken to hospital. The details of the injured include: - 1 Redkar Kedaung member, Yoga, with shortness of breath, treated at Sumber Waras - 1 ASN officer from Sektor Grogol Petamburan, Lukmanul Hakim, sprayed in the eye by a nozzle, referred to RSCM - 1 PJLP member from Grogol Petamburan, Ahmad Sumantri, sprayed in the eye by a nozzle