Police Reveal The Origin Of Fire From The 9th Floor, The Former Discotheque Room Of Glodok Plaza Mall

Glodok Plaza Mall Fire West Jakarta/ Photo: ANTARA

The police denied information from the fire department that the Glodok Plaza fire, Tamansari, West Jakarta was sourced from the seventh floor of the building.

"The nine initially, not seven," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Tamansari Metro Police, Kompol Suparmin, giving an explanation, Friday, January 17, 2025.

Suparmin explained that initially smoke was seen appearing on the ninth floor, but the extinguishing effort was unsuccessful so that the fire spread to another floor.

"From the ninth floor (witnesses) saw smoke going out of the room. Try to extinguish it using a light fire extinguisher (APAR) it didn't work (it didn't work), it grew bigger. Then he came out screaming, everyone scattered, the fire got bigger and spread to the eighth and seventh floors," Suparmin emphasized.

Then, said Suparmin, nine people trapped on the ninth floor moved up the building because the fire had spread to the lower floors.

"Then the nine trapped people went up, the ninth floor," said Suparmin.

Furthermore, Suparmin also explained that the fire actually came from a former discotheque room, precisely on the back of the ninth floor videotron.

"From the used discotheque room on the 9th floor, from behind the videotron board," said Suparmin.

Until now, the reported missing victims have also increased from 11 to 14 people.

The 14 people are Ade Aryati (29), Sinta Amelia (20), Aldrinas (29), Aulia Belinda (28), Odima Yukari (25), Deri Saiki (25), Indira Seviana Bela (25) and Keren Shallom J (21), Intan Mutiara (26), Desty and Zukhi Radja (42), Chika Adinda Yustin (26), Muljadi (56) and Dian Cahyadi (38).

The five bodies have not been identified, so an autopsy is needed at the Police Hospital, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.