Of The Dozens Of Body Bags Of Pertamina Plumpang Depot Fire Victims, 3 Of Them Were Identified

A fire in the Pertamina Plumpang depot grabbed a residential area. (Between)

The National Police stated that the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team had identified the bodies of three victims of the Pertamina Plumpang Depot fire. The three victims were DNA matchings from 15 body bags and 1 body part bag received. "Until now, there are still three, yes, until yesterday, three bodies have been identified," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramdhan, to reporters, Monday, March 6. The three victims have been handed over to the family. In fact, from the information obtained, the victims have been buried. Then, in the identification process of several other body bags, continued Ramadhan, the DVI team has also pocketed dozens of DNA samples. So, it's just a matter of matching the body or body parts received. "Until now, 15 people have reported to the ante mortem post and 15 people have been taken DNA samples," said Ramadhan. For information, the three identified victims included Fahrul Hidayatilah (28), Mohammad Bukhori (41), and Iriana (61). Pertamina Plumpang depot, North Jakarta, caught fire on Friday, March 3 at around 20.00 WIB. Then, the fire can be extinguished around 23.00 WIB. The DKI Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) deployed 52 fire engines and about 250 personnel to assist the extinguishing process at the location.