JAKARTA - Forensic Laboratory Center (Puslabfor) officers at the National Police Headquarters found charcoal ashes left over from the fire in Cikini Kramat RT04/01, Pegangsaan, Menteng District, Central Jakarta. Menteng Metro Police Chief Kombes Netty Siagian, said officers also secured one unit of a three kilogram gas cylinder and a gas regulator tube during the crime scene (TKP).
"Furthermore, the goods were taken by the Puslabfor Polri team for further research," said AKBP Netty Siagian as quoted by Antara, Thursday, September 29.
A fire hit a densely populated residential area on Cikini Kramat Street, Menteng, Central Jakarta in the early hours of Tuesday, September 27, at around 04.30 WIB.
The fire is thought to have been caused by a leaking gas cylinder from one of the residents and scorched 30 semi-permanent houses with a total loss of estimated at IDR 2.5 billion.
Firefighters deployed 17 cars and 85 personnel, while the number of victims affected by the fire was around 500 people out of 75 families.
Previously, the Head of the Central Jakarta Fire and Rescue (Kasudin Gulkarmat) Sub-dept., Asril Rizal, said that his party received information on the fire based on a report from a resident named Dewi at around 04.30 WIB.
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Then, his party deployed 17 units of fire engines with 85 personnel.
Officers arrived at the location at 04.43 WIB and immediately extinguished them after everything was ready. At 05.40 WIB, the location of the fire can be allocated.
The object caught fire with an area of 2,000 square meters. "The semipermanent house burned down," he said.
Asril continued, it is suspected that the fire first emerged from the gas stove of one of the chicken porridge traders in the residents' settlement.
"The chronology of the gas stove is the chicken porridge base," he said.
He added that as a result of the fire, one person suffered burns.
"One person suffered burns up to 50 percent," he said.
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