KPK confirms Red and White Building safe after smoke appears

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has confirmed that the KPK Red and White Building in Jakarta is in a safe and secure condition after smoke appeared in the UPS battery room on the lower floor of the building.

KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said in Jakarta on Saturday that firefighters together with the KPK General Bureau team had completed handling the incident at around 12.05 WIB.

“At around 12.05 WIB, the handling was completed, after everything was checked and confirmed to be in a safe and secure condition,” he said.

According to Budi, firefighters arrived at the location at around 11.32 WIB and immediately carried out handling at the source of the smoke.

The KPK expressed appreciation for the rapid response of firefighters in following up on the incident, including the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) team who checked the location directly.

Budi explained that the smoke appeared in the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) battery room on the lower floor of the KPK Red and White Building.

The smoke did not originate from a fire, but rather from the fire suppression system that activated after detecting smoke from fumigation activities in the building area.

“Currently the condition is confirmed to be safe and secure,” said Budi.

Previously, the KPK confirmed that no fire occurred at the KPK Red and White Building after smoke appeared, which had briefly triggered reports of a fire at the anti-corruption agency’s building.

Budi explained that smoke from fumigation activities was detected by the fire suppression system, which then responded automatically.

“So the smoke that appeared was not from a fire, but from the fire fighting equipment,” he said.