Jakarta – The Chief Director (Dirut) of PT Terra Drone Indonesia, Michael Wisnu Wardhana, has been named as a suspect in the fatal fire case at the Terra Drone building in Central Jakarta (Jakpus). The police released a list of Michael’s negligence that led to the fatal fire. As is known, residents reported the fire to fire officials on Tuesday (12/9) afternoon. The total death toll from this fire incident was 22 people, consisting of 15 women and 7 men. The victim died because he was trapped on the top floor of the six-story building. The victims who died were unable to get out because the building was filled with smoke coming from the lower floors and there were minimal evacuation routes. Scroll to continue content. The police also named Michael as the managing director of PT Terra Drone Indonesia as a suspect. Michael was considered negligent. “There was negligence by the suspect’s brother,” said Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Susatyo Purnomo Condro, at a press conference, Friday (12/12/2025). 1. Did not have a SOP for hazardous batteries. Based on the investigation, the suspect committed gross negligence at the company management level. Michael did not create or ensure an SOP for the storage of drone batteries, which in this case was the root cause of the fire. “Not creating or ensuring there is an SOP for storing hazardous batteries. Not hiring C3 officers and not conducting safety training,” he said. “Not providing standard storage for flammable materials. Not providing emergency doors and building safety systems. Not ensuring evacuation routes are functional,” he added. 2. There is no fire protection. The building has no fire protection and there are no evacuation routes. The building is also used as a warehouse even though the IMB is for offices. “There are no emergency doors, no smoke sensors, no fire protection system, no evacuation routes, the building has an IMB (building construction permit) and SLF (functional fitness certificate) for offices but is also used as a storage area or warehouse,” he said. As a result of the investigation, driving violations were also found. Susatyo said there is no separation between damaged, used and healthy battery storage in the building. “The storage room is narrow 2×2 meters without ventilation, without fire protection. Then the generator with the potential for heat is in the same area,” he said. 3. There is no fire detection alarm. Police revealed that there was no fire detection alarm in the Terra Drone building. Police said one of the employees had to go from floor to floor to report the fire. “Based on witness statements, there was no fire alarm. So, that’s who knew it was a fire because when it was burning downstairs, someone ran upstairs and told them there was a fire,” said head of criminal investigation unit for the Central Jakarta Metro Police, AKBP Roby Heri Saputra. Roby said the witness also brought an APAR (light fire extinguisher) to try to put out the fire, but the fire grew quickly. The witness then left the building and managed to save himself. “Then he took one of the APARs downstairs. So that was the alarm. That means he transmitted the alarm by mouth, by hand. So there was no alarm from the system itself,” he said. 4. There is no understanding of drone battery management. The fatal fire started in the room where drone batteries were stored. The results of the inspection revealed that Terra Drone employees did not understand how to manage drone batteries. “Of all the employees that we checked, they generally did not understand, even if it was just a brief explanation, but there was nothing written down and they did not understand how to manage the goods, the batteries, in the room they were mixed with damaged batteries, there were batteries and so on, it all came together,” said Susatyo. In fact, Susatyo said, based on existing regulations, flammable batteries such as LiPo must be stored separately. Susatyo said it was a systemic error in this case. “So from our perspective it’s a systemic error rather than management,” he said. 5. Threatened with life imprisonment. Michael is named as a suspect. Michael faces life in prison. “The suspect is MWW, the chief director of PT Terra Drone Indonesia,” explained Susatyo. Michael Wisnu was immediately detained at the Central Jakarta Metro Police Detention Center. He has been charged with Section 187 of the Penal Code and/or Section 188 of the Penal Code and/or Section 359 of the Penal Code and faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. “The threat is life imprisonment or a maximum of 20 years,” he said. (rdp/rfs)