Seputarkarawang.com - Karawang, A major fire incident hit a department store located in the Kosambi area, Klari District, Karawang Regency, on Friday (24/7/2026) evening. This unfortunate incident immediately attracted the attention of motorists passing around the scene, triggering traffic jams. Based on amateur video footage circulating among the community, the flames appeared to be soaring high, accompanied by thick black smoke rising into the air. In the video, the ferocity of the red rooster can be seen almost devouring the entire building of the modern retail shopping center.Firefighters from the relevant agencies who arrived at the scene were seen struggling by deploying a fleet to tame the raging fire. In the midst of dramatic extinguishing efforts, officers and residents also managed to evacuate one of the shop employees out of the burning building.
One of the shop employees with the initials L revealed that the fire incident was strongly suspected to have been triggered by an electrical short circuit. The reason is, before the flames grew bigger and burned down the building, he heard a loud explosion from inside the shop area."Electricity counseling (short circuit) for now, because he heard the sound of exploding (like) firecrackers," said L when giving a statement to the media crew at the scene. The sound of the mysterious explosion triggered great panic among the employees who were still in the building on the night of the incident.Until this news was published, the authorities had not provided an official statement regarding the exact cause of the terrible fire. Apart from that, there is no valid information regarding whether there were any casualties or not, as well as the total material losses due to the disaster that hit the department store in this busy area.
