Find Out The Trigger, Police Investigate The Fire Of The Kapas Factory In Bandung

The Bandung City Police investigated the cause of the fire that scorched the 10,000 hectare cotton spinning plant on Jalan Cipadung, Bandung City on Wednesday, November 15.

"Yes, basically, after the fire is extinguished, we will investigate the causes of the fire," said Panyileukan Police Chief Kompol Kurniawan in Bandung, Thursday, November 16, confiscated by Antara.

According to him, the investigation was carried out to find out the trigger for the fire in the factory building. All employees were successfully evacuated after the incident.

"At the time of the incident the factory was operating, approximately 300 employees were successfully evacuated," he said.

However, he said, his party would comb the entire factory building area after the fire process was completed, to ensure that there were no casualties due to the fire incident.

"There were no casualties, we are looking for information that all employees had come out at the time of the incident, however, we will comb when all the fire has been extinguished," he said.

Furthermore, he said that he is currently still in the investigation stage at the crime scene (TKP) by asking for information from a number of witnesses at the scene.

"Soon we will examine the people at the location including the owner and employee. The point is we will collect information from all parties involved," said Kurniawan.

Meanwhile, Head of East UPT of the Bandung City Fire and Disaster Management Service (Diskar PB) Fredi explained that his party received the fire report at 11.02 WIB. His party is currently making cooling efforts because there is still one hotspot that has not been extinguished.

"There is one more point at the back where cotton is stored, there is still a fire burning," he said.

Fredi said that in the blackout process, officers were hampered by the water source factor far from the scene which resulted in the blackout process being quite hampered.

"The biggest obstacle is water problems, coincidentally the hydrant in the city of Bandung is very far away. There are two locations or in Supratman and Kordon Market it is a bit far away," said Fredi.

Until now, PB Bandung is still deploying two fleet units to assist in the cooling process for hotspots in the area.