59 Hotel Rooms In Gili Trawangan, NTB Scorched, Police Send Investigation Team

The condition of the fire at the Oceano Jambuluwuk Hotel in Gili Indah Village, Gili Trawangan, Pemenang, North Lombok, NTB, Saturday 30 July. (ANTARA-North Lombok Police)

NTB - Members of the North Lombok Resort Police, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), are investigating the exact cause of the fire that scorched as many as 59 rooms at the Oceano Jambuluwuk Hotel, Gili Trawangan, at around 19.00 WITA Saturday, July 30.

"This morning, the crime scene (TKP) was carried out from the Iden Unit of the North Lombok Police," said the Head of the North Lombok Police, AKBP I Wayan Sudarmanta, through an official statement, quoted from Antara, Sunday, July 31.

Gili Trawangan, including Gili Air and Gili Meno, is one of the mainstays of NTB tourism and its presence is well-known abroad.

From the witness' information, he said, the fire was known from one of the guests staying in room 175 who informed the front office that a fire had occurred in room 179.

Based on this information, a hotel engineering staff named Toni immediately checked the location, it turned out that the incident really happened.

"Because the roof of the bungalow room uses reeds, it makes the fire spread faster," he said.

He said, the officers asked the local PLN for help to turn off the electricity at the scene and then the officers together with hotel staff and residents immediately extinguished the fire using makeshift tools, so that the fire could be extinguished at around 22.00 WITA.

"Given that the wind was quite strong and the roof of the building was made of reeds, the fire spread very quickly to other buildings, causing 59 rooms to burn out," said Sudarmanta.

He sent an identification team to investigate the crime scene and directly monitored the development of the fire with the Deputy Regent of North Lombok, Danny Carter.

The Head of the PIDM Public Relations Division of the North Lombok Police, Police Inspector Dua Wiryawan, added that officers and residents also helped guests staying at the hotel and saved their belongings to be brought to the coast. Meanwhile, when the fire occurred, 22 hotel rooms were occupied.

There were no casualties due to the fire, but the hotel suffered material losses in the form of as many as 59 rooms were burned.