Deploy Heavy Equipment To Tracking Dogs, Police Are Still Focusing On Looking For Missing Victims Of The Plumpang Depo Fire

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko at Depo Pertamina, Plumpang, North Jakarta, Sunday, March 5. (Jehan-VOI)

JAKARTA - Joint officers for handling the North Jakarta Pertamina Plumpang Depot fire mapped out the focal area for searching for victims buried in buildings and missing since Saturday 4 March room.

The Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko, said the team of sniffer dogs for the K9 unit and heavy equipment had been dispatched to search for missing victims suspected of being buried in buildings due to the fire.

"Yesterday's K9 there was a point, look at this pile very thick huh. Because the position of the house fell down. So we try to use heavy equipment," Trunoyudo told reporters at the Pertamina Depot, Plumpang, North Jakarta, Sunday, March 5.

He said his party had also checked the evacuation site.

Trunoyudo said that the investigation into the Depo Plumpang fire had been carried out. The Inafis team to the National Police Laboratory Center have undergone the crime scene (TKP).

"Then today's activities are of course concentrating other than evacuation, there are also we are still looking at the evacuation posts. Then earlier from the police medicine, Puslabfor, Inafis, all of these are working. Both conducting investigations, as well as scientific methods carried out by the National Police Headquarters," he said.

The Pertamina Plumpang Depot fire occurred on Friday, March 3 at around 20.11 WIB.

The fire allegedly from Pertamina's gasoline pipe spread to a residence in Rawabadak Selatan Village, Koja District, North Jakarta.

The fire was only extinguished on Saturday, March 4 at 02.19 WIB. As a result of this incident, many victims were injured and died.

As of Sunday, March 5 at 06.00 WIB, there were still 371 people displaced at the North Jakarta PMI Office and RPTRA Rasella. Some of the other refugees have returned to their respective homes.

Lost Victim

Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Suharyanto said that as of this morning 18 residents were still missing due to the fire at the Pertamina Plumpang Depot, North Jakarta, which spread to residential areas.

This was revealed by Suharyanto when he visited RPTRA Rasela, which is now a refugee location for victims affected by the fire.

"Until now, 17 people have been recorded by BNPB. 49 people are seriously injured. Then there are still 18 people who are still being sought because they are separated from their families," said Suharyanto.