Tomorrow Tuesday, Police Will Check The Technical Director Of The Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources Regarding The Pertamina Plumpang Depot Fire

Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan (Rizky AP/VOI)

The National Police will examine the Technical Director of the Directorate General of Oil and Gas at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Tuesday, April 4. The examination is to investigate the cause of the Pertamina Plumpang Depot fire, North Jakarta.

"The examination of MM's brother as the Technical Directorate General of Oil and Gas at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources," said Karo Penmas of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan to reporters, Monday, April 3.

The plan is for the examination to take place on Tuesday, April 4. In the series of requests for information, continued Ramadhan, the joint investigative team will also examine the supervisor control room of the Pertamina Plumpang Depot.

However, the examination process for both of them was carried out at different times.

"At 10.00 WIB, a re-examination of witness brother KM as supervisor control room will be carried out at 13.00 WIB also for MM's brother," he said.

In addition, additional witness examinations were also carried out today. There are five control room officers who have been questioned.

"The control room task at the time of the incident was brother A, brother DPJ, brother HK, brother YM, and RT," said Ramadhan.

A temporary number of 55 people have been questioned so far. However, the cause of the fire is not yet known.

"So far, the Pertamina Plumpang Depot case has asked for information from 55 people consisting of Pertamina employees, managers, and others. Then from BMKG, the Director General of oil and gas and from community members," said Ramadhan.

For information, the fire at Pertamina Plumpang's Oil Fuel Terminal (TBBM) hit on Friday, March 3 at 20.11 WIB. Pertamina's gasoline pipe fire spread to a residence in Rawabadak Selatan Village, Koja District, North Jakarta.

At first, residents smelled strong gas about 30 minutes before the fire broke out. There was no warning from Pertamina regarding the condition. After that, the first explosion occurred. The fire spread to the settlements. Residents panicked and tried to save themselves. The fire was only extinguished on Saturday, March 4 at 02.19 WIB.