13 Fishing Boats Burned At Lodji Pekalongan Pier

Joint officers carried out the process of extinguishing the fire on dozens of fishing boats in Pekalongan, Tuesday (12/11/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Humas Pekalongan City)

PEKALONGAN - Pekalongan City Resort Police, Central Java, conducted an investigation and processed the crime scene to determine the cause of the fire that hit 13 fishing vessels at the mooring of the Lodji River Pier.

"We have not been able to identify the cause of the fire because we are waiting for the forensic team's investigation. From the laboratory, we will conduct a crime scene investigation after the fire was completely extinguished," said Pekalongan City Police Chief AKBP Prayudha Widiatmoko as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, November 12.

According to him, the fire of dozens of ships was first discovered by an eye witness named Saiman who saw a fire on one of the ships and then reported it to the Satpolair Post.

After that, Saiman also contacted the Pekalongan City Fire and Rescue Service to ask for help in extinguishing the blaze.

Temporary suspicion, the fire first emerged from one of the ships in the south, which then the fire quickly grew and spread over several other ships in the north.

However, before the firefighters arrived at the scene, the flames were getting bigger and spread over the ship next to them.

There were no casualties in the incident, resulting only in material losses.

Based on temporary data, the ship that caught fire was KM Surya terang 08, KM Surya Terang 02, KM Langsung Jaya Makmur, KM Penampung Ship, KM Samudra Rezeki, KM Anugrah Indah 28, KM Garuda Perkasa, KM Nasional, KM Nusantara, KM Indo Fisherman 08, KM Berkah Saudara, and KM Putra Usaha Barokah 05.