Police Are Still Investigating The Cause Of The IKN Worker Residential Fire

The appearance of the residential building of one tower 14 IKN workers in Bumi Harapan Village, PPU, East Kalimantan, which caught fire on Wednesday (1/102025). BETWEEN/HO-REPORTed Public Relations of the IKN Authority

BALIKPAPAN - The East Kalimantan Regional Police in collaboration with the East Java Regional Police are still investigating the cause of the fire at the construction building of one Tower 14 Nusantara Capital (IKN) in Bumi Harapan Village, Sepaku District, North Penajam Paser Regency, which occurred on Wednesday (1/10).

"The police will definitely announce the results of laboratory tests as soon as the results are received from a team of forensic experts," said Head of Public Relations of the East Kalimantan Police, Bes Yuliyanto, as reported by ANTARA, Friday, October 10.

All employees and workers affected by the fire have been relocated to other residential blocks that are not affected so that the police focus on ensuring the main cause of the fire so that similar incidents do not happen again.

The examination of witnesses is still being carried out in a sustainable manner, he explained, the East Kalimantan Police want to confirm the complete chronology before the forensic laboratory results (labfor) come out.

The North Penajam Paser Police also continues to examine a number of witnesses who knew firsthand about the incident.

Around 15 people have been questioned, ranging from security officers, working tower residents, to residents who helped extinguish the fire at the time of the incident.

"The laboratory results will form the basis for determining the cause of the fire, whether negligence, electrical short circuits, or even criminal elements," he said.

The East Java Regional Police deployed a team of forensic experts to take a number of important samples at the scene, several objects from the fire, ranging from ashes at the point suspected of being the source of the fire, to pieces of the cable that caught fire.

All samples taken at the location of the fire, according to him, have been taken to the East Java Police Labfor for in-depth examination.

The East Kalimantan Regional Police and the East Java Regional Police collaborated to determine the cause of the fire for the IKN workers' housing in order to obtain more accurate investigation results.

"Personnel from the East Kalimantan Regional Police and the East Java Regional Police cooperate to conduct a crime scene (TKP) to dig deeper into the cause of the IKN worker's fire," said Yuliyanto.