The Kemenkumham Building Is On Fire, 20 Foreigners Immigration Prisoners Are Being Evacuated

Firefighters evacuated residents of the burning Kemenkumham building in South Jakarta/ Photo: IST

A total of 20 immigration detainees were evacuated during a fire at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) Building, Setiabudi, South Jakarta caught fire.

The Public Relations Coordinator of the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Tubagus Erif Faturahman, said that the 20 foreigners had been evacuated to the Immigration Detention Center, Kalideres, West Jakarta.

"It has been evacuated to the Immigration Detention Center in Kali Deres," said Erif at the Kemenkumham building, Thursday, December 8.

Meanwhile, the Acting Head of South Jakarta Gulkarmat Sub-dept., Sugeng, said 26 units were deployed to the location of the fire. As a result, the fire has been extinguished.

"Alhamdulillah, so far there has been no information about any casualties. All have been sterile," he said.

Sugeng said the cause of the fire on the 5th floor of the Kemenkumham building, South Jakarta was due to an electrical short circuit.

The alleged cause of the fire was an electrical short circuit, the lid.