Police Investigate Cause Of Kerobokan Prison Fire

DOK Humas Polres Badung

Badung Resort Police, Bali is still investigating the cause of the fire that occurred at the Class II A Penitentiary in Kerobokan, Badung Regency, Bali.

Head of the Badung Police Public Relations Section, Iptu I Ketut Sudana, said the fire hit an old building that was not used by the former Tirta Gangga Block Class II A Kerobokan prison and there were no casualties in the incident.

"The cause of the fire is still under investigation," said Sudana, Tuesday, March 266.

Sudana explained that according to witness Mat Ropin as the winner of the auction tender from the Denpasar KPKNL, the fire occurred while he was monitoring his subordinates who were working welding the former eastern side of the building, while he himself was counting the wood that was removed and collected by his subordinates from the former Tirta Gangga building of the Class II A Kerobokan prison.

While counting the wood, he suddenly heard screams from one of the workers who informed him that there was a fire rising from inside the former Tirta Ganga block building.

Knowing this, witness Ropin ordered his men to immediately dismantle the contents inside the building and the witness ran to take water trying to extinguish the fire.

However, because the fire quickly grew and the situation was so hot that the workers ran away and reported the incident to the prison staff.

Meanwhile, another witness, Komang Suparta, said that at that time he was carrying out guard duties with his members to oversee the demolition activities of the former East side of the Kerobokan Class II A prison building.

He suddenly received a report from one of his members that a fire had occurred that hit the former Tirta Gangga block building, which is on the south side of Kerobokan Class II A Prison.

Knowing this, the witness immediately went to the scene and saw that the fire had grown.

Then the witness immediately contacted the Badung Regency Fire Department and said that there had been a fire in the Class II A Kerobokan Prison.

At 16.15 WITA, as many as five units of fire engines in Badung Regency arrived at the scene and then extinguished the fire.

At 17.00 WITA, the fire was successfully extinguished, but the Bandung Regency Firefighters are still cooling down.

"The estimated loss is IDR 200 million," said Sudana.

Meanwhile, the Class II A Kerobokan Prison and the Bali Province Ministry of Law and Human Rights have not provided information regarding the fire when confirmed after the fire broke out.