Searching for Causes of Fire at Jongor Harbor, Central Java Police Chief Still Waiting for Puslabfor and Inafis

TEGAL - As many as 15 witnesses have been questioned in the case of a fishing boat fire that occurred at the Jongor Coastal Fishing Port (PPP), Tegal City.

Central Java Police Chief Inspector General Achmad Lutfi conveyed this shortly after inspecting the location of the fishing boat fire at PPP Tegalsari, Tegal City, Thursday evening, August 17.

Regional Police Chief (Kapolda) said, from the results of the evaluation they were still waiting for one ship that was still on fire. Forensic Laboratory Center (Labfor) and Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (Inafis) from the Central Java Regional Police will soon complete their task. With the hope that if the fire is over or the fire is extinguished.

"Our Police Labfor and Inavis are already working together. So we will take police action as soon as possible," said the Regional Police Chief.

This means, continued the Kapolda, the Police will prioritize recovery after the fire. Collecting data regarding the crew and the owner of the ship.

"We, the Police, only encourage and become facilitators after a disaster," he explained.

The initial indications of a fire are still under investigation. There is indeed information related to electricity and so on.

"Later, after the investigation is complete, we will convey. What are the indications of a fire," he concluded.