inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Police confirmed the fire at the Panin Bank's AC main engine room at 10.55 WIB this morning. The position of the room that caught fire was in the motorbike parking area of the Panin Bank building.
“Witnesses saw there was an employee who was welding pipes in order to repair and maintain the Panin Bank air conditioning main engine," explained Central Jakarta Sub-regional Metro Police Chief, Senior Superintendent Susatyo Purnomo Condro on Tuesday (1/21/2025).
Susatyo continues that during the welding, witnesses saw there was smoke coming out the engine room without any sound of explosion.
"The suspected cause of the fire was a welding technical error by workers," he said.
The police chief revealed that at 11.15 WIB, four firefighter units deployed to extinguish the fire. Then, at 11.45 WIB, the fire was extinguished and is safe after going through a cooling process.
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