The DPR Building Smokes Due To Las Splashes

JAKARTA - Gedung Nusantara I DPR RI, Senayan, Central Jakarta, puffs of smoke appeared this morning. DPR RI Secretary General Indra Iskandar denied that the smoke was a fire.

"The smoke in the DPR Building is not a fire," said Indra when confirmed, Tuesday, September 29.

Indra explained that the smoke in the DPR Building was caused by a pile of cables that had not been moved.

The pile of cables, said Indra, was splashed by welding equipment. At a nearby location, there is indeed work on a new elevator.

"We're working on a new elevator, we're using welding. Now, next to it, there is a pile of cables that haven't been moved. If the rubber is splashed by the welding sparks, smoke comes out," he explained.

Previously, the DPR RI Building, part of the Nusantara III Building, also emitted thick smoke on February 24, 2020. It was suspected that there was a fire, but this was denied.

The thick smoke that emerged from the Nusantara III DPR Building was caused by an error in the aerosol system in the automatic fire suppression device.