National Museum Still Disposing Of Smoke, Firefighters Still Watering

Fire engines at the National Museum/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The pile of remaining building materials that caught fire in Block A Building, the exhibition room for the collection of National Museums or Elephant Museums, Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Gambir District, Central Jakarta, was still emitting smoke on Sunday, September 17. The puff of smoke left over from the fire still occurred at 10.30 WIB.

"It is still in the cooling process at the TKP. Because there is still smoke coming out of piles of coal material left over from the fire," said one of the firefighters in front of the National Museum, Gambir District, Central Jakarta.

From VOI's observation at the location of the fire, it can be seen that there are still 2 fire engines. The car is parked behind the National Museum building. Officers are still doing watering in the area of the object that caught fire.

"Still pouring water to carry out the cooling process of the fire, because smoke still appears," he added.

Direskrimum Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Hengki Haryadi visited the location of the fire in Block A Building, a room to show off the collection of National Museums or Elephant Museums, Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Gambir District, Central Jakarta on Sunday, September 16.

From VOI's observation at the location of the former National Museum fire, it was seen that a number of police officers from the Metro Jaya Police, Central Jakarta Metro Police and Gambir Metro Police were seen.

A number of officers conducted fire crime scenes with the Forensic Laboratory Center (Puslabfor) team.