Lanny Jaya Market Fire In Papua Hanguskan Mountains 40 Kiosks, Police Make Sure It's Not Deliberate

Tiom Market in Lanny Jaya Regency, Papua Mountains, sold out on fire. (ANTARA/HO-Polres Lanny Jaya)

PAPUA - Police are still investigating the cause of the fire that scorched Tiom Market in Lanny Jaya Regency, Papua Mountains.

Lanny Jaya Police Chief Kompol Nursalam Saka said the fire was not intentional.

"The fire was purely a disaster, not a fire or the impact of the regional elections, and to make sure we wait for the results of the investigation," he said when contacted from Jayapura, Thursday, December 19, was confiscated by Antara.

"The fire that occurred on Wednesday, December 18, scorched 40 stalls or stalls," he said.

According to him, the report received stated that the materials for the market building were flammable, such as wood, and that the items traded in the market were also flammable.

The fire that occurred in Tiom Market, in Bokon Village, Tiom District, Papua Mountains caused a loss of around Rp. 2 billion.

When asked whether the fire had anything to do with the regional elections, the Head of the Lanny Jaya Police emphasized that the burning of the market had nothing to do with the regional elections.

Lanny Jaya Regency is one of eight regencies in the Papua Mountains Province.