Police Hospital Again Identify 1 Body Of Woman Victim Of The Plumpang Depo Fire

Press Conference at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta Sunday (5/3/2023). BETWEEN/Ilham Kausar

JAKARTA - Bhayangkara Level I Hospital Raden Said Sukanto (Polri Hospital) Kramat Jati again managed to identify the body of a woman who was the victim of the Depo Plumpang fire, North Jakarta. "Identified as Iriyana, a 61-year-old woman, having her address at Kampung Bendungan Melayu RT 006/RW 001, Rawa Badak Selatan Village, Koja District, North Jakarta," said Head of the Kramat Jati Police Hospital Brigadier General Hariyanto during a press conference in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, February 5. Hariyanto added that the body had been identified based on fingerprints on the left thumb and medical records. "So there are three bodies that have been identified as of today, Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 16.00 WIB," he said. Previously, the Bhayangkara TK I Hospital, Raden Said Sukanto (Polri Hospital) Kramat Jati, had received 15 body bags of victims of the Pertamina Plumpang Depot fire, Koja, North Jakarta. "Last night's DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) team also immediately established a post to speed up the identification process, from the DVI post last night to today having received 15 body bags," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo at the Police Hospital, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, Saturday, March 4. The 15 body bags consisted of nine male bodies, five female bodies, and one body part of the victim. The National Police Hospital has also prepared postmortem and antemortem facilities to identify the bodies of the victims of the fire.