Rescue efforts ongoing for 14 reportedly missing after Jakarta shopping mall fire leaves 6 dead

As the death toll rises to six, according to local media on Friday ( Jan 17 ), rescue operations are still being conducted for victims of a massive fire at a Jakarta shopping mall.

The blaze broke out at one of the city’s oldest shops, Glodok Plaza in Taman Sari, West Jakarta, at about 9.22pm on Wednesday.

According to local media outlet Kompas, the head of the Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency, Isnawa Adji, said on Friday,” Six bodies have been brought to the Police Hospital ( in East Jakarta ) to be identified.”

14 individuals are also missing, according to data released by the disaster management firm on Friday, though it’s not known whether the six who were found dead were members of the 14, according to the fire and rescue organization. &nbsp,

Earlier, eight persons, seven people and one man, were reported missing by their family members.

According to local media website Detik, the hearth was merely extinguished on Thursday night, but cooling efforts were still in progress as of Friday. &nbsp,

The fireplace agency managed to use mechanical ladders to save nine people on Wednesday evening when the fire broke out.

” Nine survived the fire, thank heaven they are all in good condition although they were in surprise and had difficulty breathing after being rescued”, a senior official from West Jakarta’s fire office, Syariduddin, told the media on Thursday, as quoted by the Jakarta Post.

More than 47 fire vehicles and 200 officers were dispatched to the site by the state’s fire and rescue organization, according to the Jakarta Post.

Satriadi Gunawan, the head of the Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency, claimed that the extensive damaged area and the burned-out of digital products delayed the firefighting efforts. &nbsp,

Glodok Plaza is known to be Jakarta’s leading gateway for selling devices.

” The melted area was large, three decks were engulfed in flames, stage seven, eight and nine … then, most of the businesses in the store sell digital goods which were burnt”, Satriati explained on Thursday, as quoted by Detik.

The fire started in a bar on the sixth ground of Glodok Plaza, according to Satriadi from the fire firm, and quickly spread through the top floors, trapping those in the nightclub. &nbsp,

Studies are still continuous. &nbsp,

Violent video of a number of people waving for assistance using mobile lamps have appeared on TikTok.

Prior to this, Satriadi stated that four systems were first discovered on the seventh surface of the store, highlighting the difficulty in identifying the patients due to severe fires.