LPG Warehouse Fire In Bali Kills 18 People, Police Call The Trigger Dinamo Of Pickup Car Stater

The suspect, Sukojin, who owns the burning LPG warehouse, was shown during a press conference at the Denpasar Police, Bali. (ANTARA/Rolandus Nampu)

JAKARTA - The Bali Regional Police Forensic Laboratory team revealed the cause of the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) warehouse fire on Cargo II Street, Ubung Kaja Village, North Denpasar, Sunday 9 June. This fire killed 18 people.

Head of the Public Relations Section of the Denpasar Police, Adjunct Commissioner of Police Ketut Sukadi, said that the results of the investigation and investigation by the Bali Police Labfor revealed that the LPG warehouse fire came from the dynamo section of a pickup car that emitted sparks and grabbed 50 kilograms of LPG cylinder gas.

Sukadi explained that based on investigations and investigations, as well as the results of laboratory tests, the center of the explosion and fire were in the middle of the LPG warehouse belonging to CV Bintang Bagus Perkasa.

"Precisely on the motorbike or dynamo of pickup car stickers, where the sparks grabbed gas coming out of the 50 kilogram LPG tube valve," he said in his statement in Denpasar, Sunday, June 23, which was confiscated by Antara.

Sukadi added, based on the testimony of witnesses and suspects Sukojin, the car was usually driven by the victim named Edi. However, surely no one knows because no other witness can explain and confirm the testimony of the suspect Sukojin.

When conducting a crime scene investigation, the Labfor Team found that the key was still installed in the car starter. Likewise, when a laboratory test was carried out on the dynamo starter, it was already on fire.

The fire, which came from the car's dynamo, quickly grabbed the gas which was thought to have been from a 50 kilogram LPG tube valve which at that time was not tightly covered.

After 18 people died, the police have not found any suspicion of mixing gas in the warehouse.

Based on the results of the crime scene processing and laboratory test results conducted by the Bali Police Labfor, said Sukadi, no mixing was found.

"Regarding the problem of mixing so far, no supporting evidence has been found and from the results of Labfor there are no findings related to this (coupling)," he said.

Thus, said Sukadi, there has been no additional article suspected of the suspect Sukojin, the owner of CV Bintang Bagus Perkasa and the owner of the burning LPG warehouse.

The articles alleged against the suspect Sukojin are Article 188 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) regarding negligence that resulted in a disaster, Article 359 of the Criminal Code concerning Negligence which caused people to die and Article 53 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 22 of 2001 concerning Oil and Gas. Earth as amended by Article 40 letter 8 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 6 of 2023 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulations in Lieu of Law Number 2 of 2022 concerning Job Creation into Law.

Previously, a severe fire hit the LPG warehouse on Cargo II Street, Ubung Kaja Village, North Denpasar, Sunday, June 9. As a result of the fire, 18 people were rushed to the hospital due to injuries.

A team from Pertamina Patra Niaga after going to the scene of the incident stated that the LPG warehouse that caught fire was not the official agent for the distribution of LPG cylinders.