Carnival Car Enlivening Jacarnival At Formula E Circuit Burns, Cause Unknown

Photo: VOI/Diah Ayu Wardani

JAKARTA - An unexpected event occurred during the 2022 Jakarnaval event which was held at the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit (JIEC) or the Formula E circuit, Ancol, North Jakarta. One of the carnival cars that enlivened this festival caught fire.

The car, which was part of the wayang car convoy, caught fire while traveling around the circuit to be exhibited at around 18.30 WIB.

Suddenly, the fire immediately attracted the attention of visitors who were in the stands. They got out of the fire.

Officers immediately went to the hotspot and took out a small fire extinguisher (APAR). Once the fire was extinguished, thick smoke immediately rose to cover the stage of the event.

This fire was observed to last less than 10 minutes. Until now, it is not known what caused the carnival car to catch fire.

For information, the DKI Provincial Government is again holding Jakarnaval as a series of Jakarta Anniversary and the Republic of Indonesia Anniversary, after a 2-year vacuum due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are a number of communities displaying their works at this year's Jakarnaval, ranging from decorative car makers, intellectual property (IP) performers, musical dramas, marching bands, dance performances, ondel-ondel performances, roller skating attractions, to gambang kromong performances.

The theme for this year's Jakarnaval is "Intellectual Property of the Archipelago for the World".

In addition to watching the carnival with a parade of decorative cars featuring local Indonesian stories, after that the people who attended could enjoy entertainment on the main stage which would be enlivened by Armada Band, Lyodra and Juicy Luicy.