South Sumatra Police Labfor Team Investigate BBM Warehouse Fire Case In OKU

OKU Police Chief AKBP Arif Harsono. (ANTARA/Edo Purmana/23)

BATURAJA - The Forensic Laboratory Team (Labfor) of the South Sumatra Police conducted an in-depth investigation of the fire incident of two housing units in Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) Regency which was allegedly used as an illegal fuel storage warehouse (BBM).

"We and the South Sumatra Police Labfor team went to the crime scene (TKP) to check and conduct an in-depth investigation," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the OKU Police AKP Zanzibar Zulkarnain, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, July 3.

The fire that scorched two housing units in Batukuning Village, West Baturaja District, OKU Regency on Friday (30/7) night was allegedly caused by one of the houses where illegal fuel was stored.

Related to this, the South Sumatra Police Labfor team took the origin of the fire that caused the fire.

Officers in the field took samples such as an oil funnel and several jerry cans that had been burned to be tested in the laboratory.

This activity is a process of investigations carried out by the OKU Police so that the case can be revealed.

"The point is we want to make this case clear, so that it can be solved," he asserted.

Previously, residents of Hamlet I, Batukuning Village, West Baturaja District, OKU Regency suddenly went into an uproar because two houses of local residents were burned down.

The fire was extinguished for about an hour after the incident because firefighters had experienced problems in the extinguishing process when the fire was extinguished, the fire got bigger.

According to OKU Police Chief AKBP Arif Harsono, from the confession of local residents, the fire first came from the house of Septian Ardiansyah, the owner of a grocery store.

"According to residents, the shop owner also sells retail fuel so that the fire quickly grows and grabs into other residents' houses. But we can't conclude the cause of the fire from an electrical short circuit or anything," he said.