Riau Police Investigate Fire Caused Brothers And Sisters Trapped In Room And Burned To Death

The Riau Regional Police Forensic Laboratory team investigated the fire incident of five plot houses which resulted in the death of two people in the village or Pinang Sebatang Timur Village, Tualang District, Siak Regency, Monday night. "The five Labfor team examined the fire points at the rented house in Pinang Sebatang Timur Village," said Head of the Tualang Sector Police, Kompol Arry Prasetyo, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 24. He said the two victims who died who were still children were known to be brothers with the initials YAM (10) and AFM (8). Both were trapped in the room when the fire burned down the victim's house. Information about this fire was discovered after Bhabinkamtibmas Kampung Pinang Sebatang Timur was contacted by residents. Bhabinkamtibmas personnel immediately went to the scene and when they arrived at the location found two boys in a state of death and five houses were burned down. The two victims were left by their father who was going to work. At the time of the incident, the electricity was extinguished accompanied by heavy rain and the victim turned on the tomb for lighting at home.

The light was lit using kerosene which was inserted with a bottle using a cloth axis. A witness admitted that he had reminded the victim not to play with fire. As a result of this incident, material losses arose in the form of five units of plot houses owned by three people, securities belonging to the victim's parents, and other items.