Day 9, Jatiwaringin Waste Landfill Fire 30 Percent Left

A number of fire brigade units and heavy equipment are active in the Jatiwaringin Final Disposal (TPA) fire area, Mauk, Tangerang Regency, Banten on Tuesday (30/6/2026). (ANTARA/Azmi Samsul M)

JAKARTA - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Tangerang Regency, Banten, said that the condition of the fire in the Jatiwaringin Final Disposal Area (TPA), Mauk, on Wednesday (8/7), was left about 30 percent of the total area that had previously burned reached 15 hectares.

"For the ninth day, the results up to the ninth day are still about 30 percent less than the 15 hectares that burned," said Head of the Tangerang Regency BPBD, Achmad Taufik, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 8.

He explained that the remaining fire points in the Jatiwaringin landfill fire area are currently continuing to show positive progress. Where, the area that was previously burned was about 15 hectares of the total area of the landfill which reached 33 hectares.

"Officers are still trying to extinguish the remaining fire points and anticipate the emergence of new fires in the garbage pile," he explained.

Taufik revealed that the fire at the landfill had different characteristics from peatland fires. The reason, he said, the pile of garbage at the Jatiwaringin landfill had been piling up for years.

This is the condition that makes methane gas content appear. When the weather is hot, the gas can trigger the sudden appearance of fire from within the garbage pile.

Therefore, in the process of extinguishing it, the officers must dismantle the garbage pile with heavy equipment so that it is easier to extinguish.

"Inside it contains methane gas. If the weather is hot, the fire can appear by itself," he said.