Pramono Says Residents Don't Want To Move Even Though The Taman Sari Fire Occurs Repeatedly

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung at the location of the fire, Taman Sari, West Jakarta (Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung believes that residents affected by the fire in Tank Village do not want to be relocated even though similar incidents have occurred repeatedly.

It was recorded that three fires in Tank Village occurred during 2025. The biggest fire hit on Sunday, September 28.

"Indeed, the community is congested and likely for high fires. One of them is in Tambora, Taman Sari, Cakung. The frequency of the fire is indeed quite high," Pramono told reporters, Tuesday, September 30.

Therefore, the DKI Provincial Government will still communicate with affected residents for post-disaster recovery. Even so, Pramono emphasized that he would not force residents to be relocated to simple rented flats (rusunawa) such as fire victims in other areas.

"Later, let the relevant agencies coordinate with the victims, yes. Because this is only one or two days. I'm sure that most of them still want to live here. Because after all they feel this is part of their family," explained Pramono.

On that occasion, Pramono revealed, the majority of residents affected by this fire had participated in the Agrarian National Operations Program (Prona) which has now become a Complete Systematic Land Registration program (PTSL).

"Some of the houses here are HGB, SHM, which they used to participate in the Prona program in 2018. Because this is the program for the Prona program first, both HGB and SHM, I will definitely ask them to be accompanied for their correspondence. There is everything for sure," explained Pramono.

Pramono also guaranteed that the DKI Provincial Government would still store data on land and building certificate documents for residents of Tank Village who were also burned down. Thus, the document is ready to be re-published.

"So this area is different from other areas. There are no documents that have been burned so far. Most of them have letters here. There used to be a Prona program in 2018. So surely they will ask to stay here," he explained.

For information, the fire in Tank Village, Taman Sari occurred on Sunday, September 28 at around 10:00 WIB. A total of 24 units of the DKI Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) and several other units were deployed to extinguish the fire.

After more than 12 hours, the fire was completely extinguished at 22.50 WIB. Allegedly, the fire in settlements with some semi-permanent buildings occurred due to an electrical short circuit.

The fire hit RT 002 and RT 003 in RW 003, then RT 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, and 009 in RW 006, Tank Village. Estimated losses reached Rp28.31 billion.

The total number of residents affected by the fire was 316 families or 1,256 people. Of these, six people suffered minor injuries in the form of shortness of breath, fainting, and lacerations. All victims have received medical assistance.

The number of residents who fled to the Al-Muhajirin Mosque was 21 families (49 people) and in the Tank Village Office with 44 families (176 people). Meanwhile, as many as 200 families (800 people) chose to stay at relatives and neighbors' homes.