The Body Condition Of The Fire Victims Of The Boarding House In Tambora Is Completely Damaged, The Police Have Difficulty Revealing Their Identities

The burning boarding house shop in Tambora, West Jakarta/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Head of Bhayangkara Hospital Level I Raden Said Sukanto Pusdokkes Polri (Karumkit) Brigadier General Hariyanto said the bodies of two victims of the boarding house fire on Jalan Duri Selatan 1 RT 06/02, Number 11, South Duri Village, Tambora District, West Jakarta, has not been identified. According to him, the process of identifying the two bodies must go through other stages of further examination. The reason is that the condition of the corpse is in a different condition from the body that has been identified. "There are still some that will be carried out further examinations because with the existing data, we have not been able to find them," said Hariyanto, Friday, August 19. Not only that, the identification process through dental and similar medical also could not get results, because the condition of the corpse was not possible. "Fingerprints also can't be done, we need to check again because of the effects of the fire," he said. Furthermore, the Police Hospital is currently continuing the process of examination stages through DNA testing of the body.

"Then it must be added to the DNA examination which is currently in the process," he said. If later they get clear information regarding the results of the identification, continued Hariyanto, his staff will immediately disclose it together with Disaster Victim Identification (DVI). "The victims who have been identified will be announced in more detail by DVI Commander as the implementation of the Tambora DVI fire operation," he said. Meanwhile, according to data from the Tambora Fire Ops Commander DVI, four victims who died due to the fire in Tambora were identified from dental and medical examinations. 1. Alexandra (20) resident of Karang Mulya Village RT 12/02, Karang Mulya Village, Lubai District, Muara Enim Regency. 2. Mawardi (27) resident of Sukamulya RT 005/002, Sukamulya Village, Warureja District, Tegal Regency 3. Hamid, address is Ranca Bracelet Village Rt 17, RW 12, Pasiripis Village, Surade Sukabumi. 4. Edi Sunarto (40) resident of Jalan Soragan RT 002/002, Sumberagung Village. The bodies that have been identified will be brought to their respective families for burial.