Jakarta – East Jakarta Fire Management and Rescue (Gulkarmat Jaktim) officials revealed the source of the fire at the Kramat Jati Main Market fire. Gulkarmat officials said the fire started in a plastic shop. “This is it, this plastic shop,” said the head of the East Jakarta Gulkarmat sub-department. Muchtar Zakaria then met by detikcom at the fire location, Monday (15/12/2025). SCROLL TO CONTINUE CONTENT Muchtar said the fire spread immediately because there was a pile of carbide in the plastic shop. Apart from that, he said there were also piles of flammable paper. “So there’s a carbide warehouse. It’s a carbide storage area. Then there’s stacks of paper. So we have to take it all apart. If it doesn’t burn, it will start again,” Muchtar said. Muchtar said that the blackout process is currently complete. He explained that the alleged cause of the fire will be investigated by the police. “Now it has been declared, it has been extinguished. The cause is not yet known. We will see from the police later,” he added. It is known that the fire at Kramat Jati Main Market took place this morning around 07.24 WIB. Officers began to extinguish the fire at 07.29 WIB. The fire was extinguished after 20 fire engines struggled to extinguish the fire. (idn/idn)