Police Check Fire Refugee Locations That Caused 4 Casualties

North Jakarta Metro Police Chief Commissioner Gidion Arif Setyawan/ANTARA

North Jakarta Metro Police Chief Commissioner Gidion Arif Setyawan checked the location of the fire refugees which resulted in four casualties on Jalan Cibanteng, Rawa Badak Utara, Koja.

"In one alley there was a fire, about five houses were affected and there were victims. Currently, one person is still being searched, three of them have been found dead in one house," said Gidion as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, November 4.

Gidion said the death toll consisted of two adults and one toddler. Meanwhile, the total number of residents affected by the incident was around 30 people.

The victim was immediately taken by car to the hospital for identification. Meanwhile, 27 more people are directed to rest in Madrasah Al-Bayyinah which is not far from the location of the fire.

Officials from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Disaster Management Agency immediately distributed aid stocks in the form of tarpaulins for sleeping mats as well as food and drinks to meet the needs of dozens of residents affected by the fire.

According to data from RW07, North Rawa Badak Village, Friday, it was stated that the identity of the death toll was suspected to be a family consisting of Didik's father (40), Anisa's mother (35), Fatin's daughter (12) and Fatih's toddler (5). Currently, all the bodies are being taken to the Kramatjati Police Hospital for identification.

The fire in a resident's house was successfully extinguished at around 22.11 WIB after the Fire and Rescue Service dispatched about five fire units to the location since 20.35 WIB.

The cause of the temporary fire is thought to have originated from an electrical short circuit. However, the police are still investigating the allegation by deploying a team from the forensic laboratory to process the crime scene on Saturday morning.