Expressing The Cause Of The Fire At The F2 Melawai Hotel, South Jakarta, Officers Deploy The National Police Laboratory

The F2 Hotel that caught fire at the Polim Commander, South Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA Police officers will involve the National Police Laboratory in handling the fire case at the F2 Hotel, Melawai, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta, which killed three people.

"Certainly (involved in the National Police Laboratory), because someone died," said Kebayoran Baru Police Chief, Kompol Tribuana Roseno to reporters, Friday, August 18.

When asked about the cause of the fire, Tribuana admitted that she could not conclude. However, based on information from the South Jakarta Fire Department, the cause of the fire was cigarette butts.

Furthermore, he said that the three hotel guests who died were thought to have been trapped in smoke during the fire incident. Because there is no open space in the hotel.

The information about the firefighters during the evacuation and extinguishing the rooms did not have a window. We haven't had time to enter because of limitations," he said.

Three people died in a fire that occurred at the F2 Hotel in Melawai, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.

The three victims who died were thought to have been trapped by smoke rising on the second floor of the hotel. The victims who died consisted of two women and one man.

Three people were taken to Fatmawati Hospital after being declared dead. Allegedly because they were caught in smoke," explained Tribuana when confirmed, Friday, August 18.

The fire broke out on Friday, August 18, in the early hours of the morning. When the incident occurred, there were five hotel rooms filled. In that room, each hotel room was filled by two people.

Until now, the identity of the tenant is not yet known, including the victim who died.

"While we have not been able to provide information, the results of the statement from the firefighters that the cause of the fire was on the second floor," he said.