Grand Palace Kemayoran Apartment Rukan Fire: The Source Of Fire From The 3rd Floor Of The Electronic Room, Many Laptops Burned

Kemayoran Grand Palace apartment caught fire/ Photo; Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The fire on the 3rd floor of the office house (rukan) of the Grand Palace Apartment, Jalan Benjamin Sueb, Kebon Blank Village, Kemayoran turned out to be a warehouse for electronic goods.

The head of the DKI Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency, Satriadi Gunawan, said that his party was still conducting an investigation at the location of the fire.

"It looks like it's a warehouse where electronic goods are stored, but we don't know for sure what kind of electronic goods it is," said Satriadi to reporters, Tuesday, April 19.

From VOI's monitoring at the fire site, it can be seen that firefighters are equipping themselves with oxygen cylinders and blowers in the process of extinguishing the fire.

"The smoke is quite thick, so we use a blower and the officers use oxygen cylinders," he said.

According to Satriadi, the area that caught fire was on the 3rd floor and spread to the 4th floor of the shophouse. So far, the cause of the fire is not known.

"Still in cooling, we do not know the cause of the fire," he said.

Meanwhile, according to one shopkeeper who did not want to be named, the burning building was a warehouse where electronic goods were stored.

"Yes, there is a warehouse for electronic goods, mostly laptops that are on fire," he said.

Previously, it was reported that thick black smoke was billowing at the Grand Palace Apartment Rukan, Jalan Benjamin Sueb, Kebon Blank Village, Kemayoran, Tuesday 19 April. Fire and black smoke are known to appear on the 3rd floor of the office.

"After receiving reports from residents at around 10.20 am, we dispatched 17 fire engines to the location," said Head of Central Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept. Asri Rizal, Tuesday, April 19.