Inafis Deployed To Investigate Gas Station Fires In South Jakarta Sukabumi

The condition of the gas station in South Jakarta, Sukabumi City, West Java, was a fire on Wednesday, November 1 morning. (Between/Aditya Rohman)

JABAR - Police conducted an investigation into the gas station fire incident on the South Ring Road (Jalingsel) of Sukabumi City. The fire occurred on Wednesday, November 1 at around 07.45 WIB.

"We are still investigating the fire case that scorched some of the gas stations in South Java, Baros District in coordination with the Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (Inafis) of the Sukabumi City Police," said Head of the Baros Police, Kompol M. Heri Hermawan in Sukabumi, Tuesday, November 1, confiscated by Antara.

According to the information gathered, Heri explained that the fire came from a city transportation car or angkot filling fuel at the gas station.

A small explosion then the fire grew when the angkot driver was about to start the engine. As a result, the fuel filling dispenser box caught fire.

Gas station employees and motorists who wanted to fill up the fuel immediately rushed out of the location.

Several employees also tried to extinguish the fire with a light fire extinguisher (APAR), but the fire did not go out.

Not long after, a fire engine from the Sukabumi City Satpol PP and Fire Department arrived at the location and it did not take long for the fire to be extinguished.

According to him, the cause of this fire cannot be ascertained because it is still under investigation by the Sukabumi City Police Inafis Team.

However, information was spread that this fire was triggered by sparks coming out of the angkot which were suspected to have been caused by an electrical short circuit when they were about to start a car.

In addition, there were also those who mentioned that prior to the fire, several cellphones were heard from the angkot several times, so it was suspected that sparks emerged from the cellphone signal.

"The cause of this gas station fire will be revealed after the Inafis Team carries out its duties, related to the rumors circulating that the cause of the fire has not been confirmed," he said.

Heri said that in the incident there were no deaths or fatalities, it was just that the angkot driver suffered minor burns to his legs and had received treatment from the Baros Health Center.

Meanwhile, the loss is still being calculated, such as a six-noozle gas station dispenser box and one angkot unit were charred in this fire incident.