Firefighters Call Fire At City Park Cengkareng Apartment Due To Leaking Gas Cylinders

The West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Sub-dept. (Sudin) said the fire that occurred at City Park Apartment, Cengkareng, West Jakarta was caused by a gas leak.

"The alleged cause of the fire was a gas leak while cooking," said Head of the Operations Section of the West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat), Syarifudin when confirmed, Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

Syarifudin also explained that the estimated area burned was approximately 12 square meters with an estimated loss of around Rp45 million.

"There were no fatalities, 10 survivors but one moderately injured victim, was burned and has been taken to the Bunda Suci Hospital," he explained.

He added that the fire was confirmed to be completed at 20.27 WIB by deploying 22 cars and 110 firefighters.

Officers managed to extinguish the fire that occurred at City Park Apartment, Cengkareng, West Jakarta on Tuesday night.

At the location, the fire that had flared on the 11th floor of the apartment building had been successfully extinguished by the officers. Even though it was extinguished, it was seen that firefighters were still around the location.

A witness at the location named Bella (33), admitted that he initially saw black smoke emerging from one of the apartment units on the 11th floor at around 18.00 WIB, which was followed by flames coming out of one room.

"Initially it was just smoke, it just continued when it was estimated that about 15 minutes later there was a fire," Bella said at the location.

He also heard explosions before the fire broke out. In his confession, the window of one of the apartment units on the 11th floor broke and fell to the ground.