JAKARTA - Plt. Head of the DKI Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) Satriadi Gunawan revealed the problem with the blackout process of Glodok Plaza which caught fire on Wednesday, January 15. The fire was completely extinguished on Friday, January 17.
Satriadi said that at the time of the incident, Glodok Plaza was slow to report the fire to firefighters (damkar) on Wednesday night. Then, the burned area expanded from the 7th, 8th, to 9.
"The burned area is also widespread, yes. Meanwhile, from the first floor to the sixth floor, we are trying not to have a bridge to the lower floor again, the first to the sixth floors," said Satriadi in a discussion at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, January 21.
After that the structure of the building at the hotspot began to collapse. This, Satriadi admitted, had an effect on the duration of the fire extinguishing process.
"Then the material is also flammable and there are a lot of materials. It was a long blackout. So, that might be too late," he said.
In addition, fire protection in buildings such as APAR and fire sprinklers or fire detection systems and outages using automatic water does not function optimally.
"Then, at that time there was a slow blueprint. We asked for a blueprint of the image, but we were slow to get it related to the night's operation," said Satriadi.
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Satriadi also said that the Glodok Plaza building did not meet the standard for building fire safety since 2023. This is known from the periodic evaluation by the DKI Jakarta Gulkarmat Service which is run every year.
"For the Plaza Glodok case, we have stated that in 2023 we have not met the fire safety requirements," he said.
According to Satriadi, his party has given a warning and opportunity over the past year to Glodok Plaza managers to meet building safety standards.
Starting from ensuring the availability of access to firefighters into buildings, active fire protection infrastructure such as APAR and sprinklers must function, prepare building fire safety management, and provide two rescue stairs for evacuation.
"So it is not certain that when we checked, at that time it was good. Again it is the responsibility of the managers and owners for treatment related to the protection of the fire," he explained.
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