The case has drawn particular attention because the objects were found within an educational environment that is supposed to provide a safe space for children.
The reports emerged only hours after a joint police team carried out searches at locations linked to Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah, including a residence in Bogor and a caf in South Jakarta.
Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq is demanding an immediate end to hazardous "open dumping" practices at the 37-year-old site, which currently holds over 80 million tons of garbage.
TheIndonesia.co - The South Jakarta Administration of Fire and Rescue (Gulkarmat) Sub-department said that compartmentalization was one of the factors that caused the stalls at Simprug Golf II, South Grogol, to not catch fire, even though hundreds of other houses were burned down. That stall or what Indonesians call Warung Tegal (Warteg) still stands steadily amid burned houses that surround it.
"Because it is compartmentalized, it is protected from potential fire propagation. Look at the building that protects the warteg, how is the construction of the building," said South Jakarta Fire and Rescue Piket Officer, Deni Andreas, when contacted, Jakarta, Wednesday, August 24, 2022.
Andreas explained that fire compartmentalization is the boundary or separation of buildings based on the level of fire resistance in the building. The shop building named "Warung Brebes Pesona Dua Putri" is made of light or heavy bricks on all sides of the house which are fire-resistant. So these factors make the shop remain firmly protected even though the house around it is on fire, he said.
Unlike the others, the hundreds of houses burned down because there was no compartmentalization or not all of them were made of light brick (locals call it hebel) and most of them used semi-permanent materials such as wood.
According to Andreas, one of the solutions, if they want to rebuild houses, is that residents must understand the science of compartmentalization in house construction. Residents must create a compartment for the building itself so that if there is a source of fire, the house can be protected by itself, he continued.
"So if you want to build another village to be safe from big fires, make sure the more compartments the better the building," he said.
