DKI DPRD Urges the Ministry of Home Affairs and Victims of the Kebon Kosong Fire to Sit Together to Discuss Land 

Officers from the Puslabfor of the National Police Headquarters take samples at the location of the fire, which is in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (3/6/2026). ANTARA/Khaerul Izan

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta DPRD has asked for the handling of victims of a fire in the Kebon Kosong area, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, not to stop at emergency assistance at the evacuation post.

Considering that the fire that hit the densely populated settlement in Kebon Kosong caused hundreds of residents to lose their homes. Some of the affected areas are known to stand on land owned by the State Secretariat Ministry (Setneg) so that the post-fire residential status is one of the issues that need to be resolved by the government.

Member of Commission A of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Riano P. Ahmad, encourages the DKI Provincial Government to facilitate communication between affected residents and the Ministry of Defense to discuss the fate of their housing in the future.

"Well, the effort in the future is that there are also several affected regions of the Ministry of Home Affairs, yes, later we will try to help facilitate, because later it will be between the community and the Ministry of Home Affairs as well, like that," said Riano to reporters, Wednesday, June 3.

For the time being, short-term handling must be focused on recovering the conditions of the victims who lost their homes due to the fire. The local government is also asked to ensure that logistical assistance and other urgent needs can be channeled properly.

"Because the most important thing is how to prepare a shelter for them. Where are the mothers, children who are affected by this helped first. Psychologically, it must be disturbed," he explained.

On the other hand, Riano assessed that the fire that reoccurred in the Kebon Kosong area, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, showed that the DKI Provincial Government's fire prevention efforts were still weak.

Considering that, not far from the location of the fire on Monday, June 1, yesterday, it had previously been hit by a major fire with the same suspected cause, namely an electrical short circuit. Therefore, the recurrence of similar events should be a material for evaluation by the relevant agencies.

Riano assessed that the high number of fire cases due to electrical short circuits showed that education and mitigation efforts in the community were still less than optimal. In fact, areas with a history of repeated fires should receive more attention in prevention programs.

"This means that there is a weakness in efforts to socialize, mitigate, and map out fire-prone areas," he said.

Riano said the DKI Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) needed to be more aggressive in educating residents, especially in densely populated areas with high vulnerability levels.

"This electrical short circuit is the highest cause of fire. I hope that the relevant services, especially Damkar, must continue to educate, socialize, mitigate, and map the areas prone to fires," he said.