There Were 800 Packs Of Cooking Oil Burned In The Ciracas Warehouse, The Police Said It Was Not A Hoarding Place

Fire at an oil warehouse in the Ciracas area/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The Head of the Ciracas Police, Kompol Jupriono, confirmed that from the results of the examination of the owner of the basic food warehouse that caught fire in RW 02, Kelapa Dua Wetan Village, Ciracas District, East Jakarta on Wednesday, February 2, yesterday, there was no indication of hoarding of cooking oil. According to the owner, he had just shopped around hundreds of packs of packaged cooking oil before the Chinese New Year celebrations. "No (hoarding oil), so he shopped from the factory before the Chinese New Year, on the eve of the Lunar New Year he arrived (to the shop that was on fire). Incidentally, it was night and he was sent home. " said Kompol Jupriono when confirmed by VOI, Friday, February 4.

Currently, he continued, the investigation process is still ongoing. Even the police have not removed the installation of police lines at the scene because the investigation process is still ongoing. "Investigations are still ongoing, we haven't opened the police line at the location. We are currently coordinating with Puslabfor, it turns out that we were only able to check today, the implementation of the crime scene," he said. The examination of two witnesses related to the fire is still being carried out, including one from the owner of the warehouse or shophouse. Kompol Jupriono said the warehouse was a distributor of basic necessities. The warehouse owner also has a kiosk or shop at the Traditional Market in the Ciracas area, East Jakarta. "Yes (distributor). That's more than 800 packs of (oil). Yes (staple food warehouse), people have stalls and shops in Ciracas market. It's been a long time doing that (staple food warehouse)," he said. Previously, it was reported that the Ciracas Police were still investigating the burning of an uninhabited house that was used as a cooking oil warehouse in RW 02, Kelapa Dua Wetan Village, Ciracas District, East Jakarta.