{"id":83783,"date":"2026-08-31T03:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/83783\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T03:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:52:08","slug":"horror-as-popular-bali-venue-goes-up-in-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/83783\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror as popular Bali venue goes up in flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A popular beachfront restaurant in Bali has gone up in flames with the entire venue burning to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Devastating scenes unfolded on Sunday evening when a fire ripped through Chez Gado Gado restaurant in the tourist hotspot of Seminyak.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s believed a helium balloon exploded shortly before the blaze took hold but it is unconfirmed what started the fire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/c3f073ca4aecde6d8b053e41384ea58c\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Horror as Bali restaurant burns down\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/thinking-of-selling-up-and-moving-to-bali-these-are-the-downsides\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=newscomau&amp;campaignPlacement=strap\" title=\"www.realestate.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dark side of living in Bali exposed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Newly released images have since <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shown the aftermath of the fire<\/a> with barely anything left of the venue. <\/p>\n<p>Horror footage shows the venue, frequented by Aussies, engulfed in flames as people watch on in disbelief including a Perth woman who was left \u201cabsolutely terrified\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSitting at Gado Gado waiting for our table when a helium balloon exploded and literally within seconds the whole place was on fire,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just ran. Managed to get out through a back door and honestly, a few seconds longer and I don\u2019t even want to think about what could have happened.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:<a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/aussie-families-can-save-a-minimum-of-320-a-week-by-moving-to-bali\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=newscomau&amp;campaignPlacement=realestatemodule\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.realestate.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Aussies can save minimum of $320\/wk by moving to Bali<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill shaking writing this. The restaurant was packed and I\u2019m just praying everyone managed to get out safely. Absolutely terrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another tourist who is currently holidaying on the island said she was having dinner at a restaurant nearby when the horror unfolded. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just had dinner at Terry which is just a couple of doors down from Gado Gado where we had dinner a few nights ago and we almost went again tonight,\u201d the US woman said on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank God we didn\u2019t because it is in flames.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said she parked her motorbike right next door which is \u201cprobably gone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to local reports there were no casualties however authorities are yet to confirm.<\/p>\n<p>The beachfront restaurant located in the heart of Seminyak is described as an \u201cexotic and ambient blend in a magical location with unsurpassed views of the orange sunsets across the Indian Ocean\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>It has been in operation for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A popular beachfront restaurant in Bali has gone up in flames with the entire venue burning to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[136278,37413,136266,136264,37114,84386,136285,37270,136280,136288,124500,136263,136265,136289,48518,136256,136270,22,7245,21,43100,12718,136286,136292,136257,136272,136284,136259,136269,65417,37812,72836,41023,37677,844,43596,136275,41235,136281,46799,8951,136283,5518,136279,136294,53409,136287,136271,68944,57681,7350,136267,136290,52303,136261,136276,19816,136268,136273,37402,36534,136277,37262,136282,39477,136274,45013,42167,136258,87944,57774,136260,49123,136291,136293,38292,93633,51701,136262],"class_list":["post-83783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-bali-venue-aftermath-photos","tag-images","tag-320-wk","tag-a-back-door","tag-a-couple","tag-a-few-nights","tag-a-few-seconds","tag-a-fire","tag-a-helium-balloon","tag-a-magical-location","tag-a-perth-woman","tag-a-popular-beachfront-restaurant","tag-a-popular-beachfront-venue","tag-a-popular-restaurant","tag-a-restaurant","tag-an-exotic-and-ambient-blend","tag-another-tourist","tag-au","tag-aussies","tag-austrlia","tag-authorities","tag-bali","tag-bali-restaurant","tag-bali-venue","tag-bali-venue-insta","tag-barely-anything","tag-beachfront-restaurant","tag-chez-gado-gado-restaurant","tag-dark-side","tag-devastating-scenes","tag-dinner","tag-disbelief","tag-doors","tag-evening","tag-fire","tag-flames","tag-gado-gado","tag-god","tag-her-motorbike-right","tag-hold","tag-horror","tag-horror-footage","tag-instagram","tag-local-reports","tag-minimum","tag-more-than-30-years","tag-newly-released-images","tag-no-casualties","tag-operation","tag-our-table","tag-people","tag-popular-bali-venue-chez-gado-gado-restaurant","tag-sad-images","tag-seconds","tag-seminyak","tag-seminyak-it","tag-sunday","tag-terrified","tag-terry","tag-the-aftermath","tag-the-blaze","tag-the-entire-venue","tag-the-fire","tag-the-fire-chez-gado-gado","tag-the-ground","tag-the-groundmore","tag-the-heart","tag-the-horror","tag-the-hotspot","tag-the-indian-ocean","tag-the-island","tag-the-orange-sunsets","tag-the-restaurant","tag-the-tourist-hotspot","tag-the-us-woman","tag-the-venue","tag-the-whole-place","tag-tonight","tag-unsurpassed-views"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}