The Causes Of Fire At The Balongan Indramayu Refinery Begin To Reveal, Police: Status Rises To Investigation

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JAKARTA - A series of investigations have been carried out by the Indonesian Police Headquarters Forensic Laboratory Center to investigate alleged criminal acts in the fire case at Pertamina Balongan Refinery, Indramayu Regency, West Java, last March.

Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono, said that the investigation started from examining several witnesses, gathering evidence until going to the field to investigate the scene of the case.

"The case title concludes that a criminal act was found in the incident so that the case was raised at the investigation stage", explained Brigadier General Rusdi at the National Police Headquarters, Wednesday, April 21.

Investigators continued this one-star general, assessed that there had been negligence that caused a fire or explosion. This is regulated in Article 188 of the Criminal Code.

"Anyone who by mistake (negligence) causes a fire, explosion or flood, is punishable by a maximum imprisonment of five years or maximum imprisonment of one year or a maximum fine of four thousand and five hundred rupiahs if because of that act there is a general danger to the property, if because of that act there is a danger to the life of another person, or causes a person to die".

"Investigators are currently working. Of course, later developments on the results of the investigation will be conveyed to the public", said Rusdi.

The Balongan Oil Refinery fire occurred on March 29. This case has been reported to the police under number 147/IV/2021/Jabat/Polres Indramayu.