No Casualties In The Burning Incident Of The Kendal Industrial Estate Toy Factory

Firefighters tried to extinguish the fire that hit the educational toy factory PT Master Kidz Indonesia located in the Kendal Industrial Estate (KIK), Friday (1/11/2024). (ANTARA/IC Senjaya)

KENDAL - An educational toy factory of PT Master Kidz Indonesia located in the Kendal Industrial Estate (KIK) was hit by a severe fire today.

Head of Public Relations of Kendal Police, Ipda Deni Herawan, confirmed that the fire, which was estimated to have been discovered for the first time at around 08.30 WIB.

"Firefighters, BPBD, police and TNI are already at the location," he said.

According to him, the evacuation process for workers around the scene of the incident has been carried out. He said that the cause of the toy factory fire that was exported abroad was not yet known.

Meanwhile, due to the massive fire, most of the factory buildings collapsed.

Joint firefighters from the Kendal Regency Government, Semarang City, and KIK management took several hours to control the fire that burned the factory building.

Meanwhile, General Manager of PT Master Kidz Indonesia Danny Wong said there were no casualties in the incident.

According to him, firefighters are still cooling down the rest of the burning factory building.

"The cause of the fire is still under investigation," he added.