JAKARTA - Grand Theater Senen, Jakarta, was set on fire by a mob, Thursday, October 8 evening. This fire spread to the 4 shop houses behind it.

Based on observations by Antara, until Friday, October 9, at 06.41 WIB, firefighters were still struggling to cool the burning location, both in the former Grand Theater Senen cinema building and the shop houses that sold the books.

"We deployed 170 personnel and 33 fire engines. Currently, the situation is still cooling," said Head of DKI Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service Satriadi Gunawan.

Apart from firefighters, around the location there are also officers from the Handling of Public Infrastructure and Facilities (PPSU) who clean the drains so that the water from the fire location is not clogged with materials left over from the action.

"The area of the building that burned down is 100 meters, with a height of 3-4 floors for each building. We do not yet know how much material loss has been caused by this fire," said Satriadi.

On Thursday, October 8, the building of the former Grand Theater cinema in Senen, Central Jakarta, suffered a fire.

Based on information conveyed by the DKI Jakarta Fire Service via the @humasjakfire twitter account, the fire broke out at 21.30 WIB. The DKI Jakarta Fire Service has deployed 25 units of fire extinguishers to the fire location.

At the same time previously, there were mass anarchist actions against the Job Creation Law in a number of areas in the capital city.


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