One Family Dies in a Fire at the Sunter Area House

JAKARTA - A family consisting of 4 members was found brutally dead in a house fire incident on Jalan Agung Perkasa 4, Block J, RT 03/14, Sunter Agung Village, Tanjung Priok District, North Jakarta, Wednesday, May 13. The incident occurred around 05.00 WIB.

The four victims were a father, mother, child and ex-wife. The victims were allegedly trapped in the smoke and could not save themselves when the fire broke out in the house.

The Tanjung Priok Police Criminal Investigation Unit, AKP Handam Samudro, said the victim, who was a father with the initials BH, KB as a mother, PB as a child and NPL as a spouse.

"There are 2 survivors, namely his assistant," said AKP Handam to reporters at the location.

Currently, said Handam, the four victims have been evacuated to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital.

The cause of the fire itself is still under investigation.

"The cause of the fire is still being investigated. We are coordinating with puslabfor," he said.