Fire safety in Jakarta has come under public scrutiny after a series of devastating fires in recent weeks, including two large blazes that erupted in densely populated neighborhoods on Tuesday.
he Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency has reported that hundreds of tall buildings in the city do not meet minimum fire safety standards, including Glodok Plaza in West Jakarta, which was devastated by a deadly blaze last week.
The agency’s acting head, Satriadi, said approximately 30 percent of the 1,228 buildings in the city over eight stories high had failed their annual fire safety inspections.
In addition, about 24 percent of the city’s 1,380 mid- and low-rise buildings failed their fire safety tests.
"The establishment and maintenance of fire safety systems are the responsibility of every building owner and management," Satriadi said in a press conference on Tuesday, as reported by kompas.com.
"Without proper safety measures in place, the risk of fires in the buildings increases," he added.
Satriadi explained that during the agency’s inspections, it focused on four key safety components: access for firefighters and firefighting vehicles, functioning fire sprinklers and extinguishers, the presence of fire escape ladders, and the existence of a fire safety management system.
Glodok Plaza, one of Jakarta’s oldest shopping malls, was among the buildings that failed the fire safety inspections. It recently experienced a fatal blaze on its upper floors.
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