Overview
- Police confirmed 22 fatalities in the seven-storey building, with most victims likely succumbing to smoke inhalation, and a pregnant woman among the dead.
- Central Jakarta police arrested and named managing director Michael Wisnu Wardana a suspect under articles covering fires, negligence, and deaths, and said the building owner will be questioned.
- Investigators say preliminary information points to drone batteries igniting on the first floor, but the exact cause and point of origin remain under forensic review.
- More than 100 firefighters and 29 engines evacuated workers, rescuing people from upper floors and the roof while continuing cooling and smoke-clearing operations.
- Jakarta’s governor ordered re-inspections of Certificates of Proper Function as officials and experts cited evacuation-route failures at the site and urged stricter audits, better battery storage protocols, and separation of warehouse and office functions.