The Labfor Team Processes The Crime Scene The First Cause Of The Tunjungan Plaza Mall Fire In Surabaya

Labfor team searches for the cause of the Tunjungan Plaza mall fire/Photo: Antara

SURABAYA - The Forensic Laboratory Team of the Surabaya Police Headquarters held a crime scene investigation to find the location of the first hotspot that caused the fire at the Tunjungan Plaza 5 Surabaya shopping center on Wednesday evening, April 13. "First, the team is looking for the location of the first fire. First, we will find the location of the first fire where the fire was ignited," said the Head of Labfor for the East Java Regional Police, Kombes Police, Sodiq Pratomo, when met by reporters at Tunjungan Plaza Surabaya, Thursday, April 14. Next, the Labfor team will look for evidence that supports the cause of the fire. His party brought seven personnel who will later be divided into several teams and are responsible for finding evidence as well as exploring the location. "From the rest of the fire, we can read where the fire spread from. the evidence," said the middle-ranking police officer. Regarding the duration of the When searching for the location of the first fire, Kombes Pol Sodiq could not confirm because his party had to adjust the location. "We don't know, according to the location, adjusting because it is difficult or not, I have not seen it directly," he said, quoted by Antara. which is located on Jalan Embong Malang, Surabaya City, caught fire on Wednesday afternoon at around 17.35 WIB.

At that time, the situation at the location was experiencing a lot of visitor activity, especially when the incident took place almost at the same time as breaking the fast. Thousands of visitors and employees were immediately evacuated from the shopping center. The fire that burned part of the building in TP 5 was successfully extinguished at around 20.00 WIB. Dozens of fire engines were deployed, including three units of the Bronto Skylift to reach fires in high-rise buildings. There were no fatalities in the incident, and the total loss has not yet been estimated by the management. The fire resulted in a number of traffic jams in the city center, such as Basuki Rahmat Street, Embong Malang, and Tunjungan Street.