The Fire Incident In Gambir Is Not The First Time It Has Happened, It Used To Be Pertamina's Land

Puslabfor officers from the National Police Headquarters took it from the Tanah Abang fire location/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - Suadi, a fire victim in a densely populated residential area in the South Petojo area, Gambir District, Central Jakarta, said that in the area where he lived there had also been a fire.

However, said Suaidi, the fire at that time was prevented because the fire was still small. Unlike this fire, the fire immediately grew. Because, continued Suadi, the fire that quickly grew was due to the large number of gas cylinder explosions.

"In the past, there was a fire but it was extinguished using water, but this is really big. Many were selling gas. So it erupted because the gas was running," he said.

The land of about 2 hectares at the location of the former fire in RT 03/05, South Petojo Village, Gambir District, Central Jakarta is known not to belong to residents. However, further inspection is still being carried out for land ownership.

Gambir sub-district head Andri Ferdian said that when he was the local village head, the land belonged to Pertamina.

"The area (land) is 2 hectares, regarding the ownership of permits is still confusing. In the past, when I was head of the village here, the information was that it had land (owned) by Pertamina," Gambir Sub-district Head Andri Ferdian told VOI at the fire site, Tuesday, February 28.

As is known, residents who lived in the fire site were previously dominated by migrants who came from Madura. The migrants who lived alternated, because they worked as traders. Some came and some left.