The Origin Of The Fire Is Called Coming From Together With A Worker-Owned Project, The Museum Admits There Is Renovation In Building C

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The cause of the fire at Building A of the Indonesian National Museum, Central Jakarta still leaves a mystery. The initial suspicion was that the cause of the fire was due to indications of an electrical short circuit.

However, the police have not yet concluded the cause. The reason is, the joint team from the Forensic Laboratory Center (Puslabfor) is still investigating the crime scene at the location of the fire. The results of the charcoal sampling test from the fire have not yet come out.

Head of the Public Service Agency for Museums and Cultural Conservation (BLU MCB), Ahmad Mahendra, said that when the fire occurred, there was renovation work on one of the buildings at the National Museum of Indonesia.

"There is a renovation of building C," Mahendra told reporters at the National Museum of Indonesia, Central Jakarta, Sunday, September 17.

Meanwhile, the investigation into the cause of the fire of 6 rooms in Building A, the National Museum of Indonesia, Central Jakarta, is still being investigated by the Central Jakarta Metro Police. A total of 14 witnesses are still being questioned regarding the fire incident at the National Museum of Indonesia.

Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Komarudin said that currently interrogation of a number of eyewitnesses continues to be carried out at the integrated post which was established at the Indonesian National Museum.

"We have an integrated post inside (Museum) to dig deeper into what happened, who was the first to see and their daily activities," Kombes Komarudin told reporters.

Previously, Head of the Fire and Rescue Sub-dept. (Kasudin Gulkarmat) Asril Rizal said the electrical short that occurred in the National Museum renovation project was the trigger for the fire, precisely in Block A Building which became an exhibition room for museum collections.

"The electrical short behind the museum exhibition is thought to have come from the co-worker area who is carrying out the repair of the Block C building," said Asril.