JAKARTA - A tourist bus carrying a group of pilgrims from Metro Lampung, caught fire on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road on Monday, January 5, 2026, at around 17.35 WIB. A total of 34 passengers were evacuated.
Head of the Cikampek Toll Road Patrol (PJR), Kompol Sandy Nugraha Titah, explained that the fire occurred when the bus passed at KM 06A lane A, Jakarta direction to Cikampek. The driver saw smoke coming out of the right side of the back of the bus, then immediately stopped the vehicle on the shoulder of the road.
"The bus came from Jakarta to Cikampek. Upon arrival at KM 06A, the driver saw smoke on the right side of the back of the vehicle, then immediately stopped the bus at the scene," Sandy said in his statement, Monday, December 5, 2025.
Sandy said that PJR officers at the Cikampek Toll Road who were on routine patrol immediately came to the location and helped the driver to secure and evacuate passengers. According to Sandy, the fire was known to quickly grow so that the evacuation process was carried out as quickly as possible.
"Officers and the driver immediately evacuated all passengers to a safe place, considering the fire was getting bigger," he said.
Based on the driver's statement, said Sandy, the fire was allegedly caused by a short circuit in the bus's sound system. The bus was known to have departed from Metro, Lampung, and was about to make a pilgrimage to the Walisongo Tomb.
"From the driver's statement, the fire came from a short circuit in the sound system. The car came from Metro Lampung and was going to visit the tomb of Walisongo," he concluded.
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