Jakarta, CNN Indonesia --
has successfully identified three bodies of the 22 victims in the fire at the Terra Drone multi-storey building in Cempaka Baru, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (9/12) afternoon.
"Tonight, a reconciliation hearing was held to determine the identities of the victims and to determine the identities of the three bodies that have been successfully identified," said Head of the Indonesian National Police Hospital, Brigadier General Prima Heru, to reporters on Tuesday evening.
Prima explained that the three victims' bodies were identified based on fingerprints, medical records, dental records and property belonging to the victims.
He stated that no autopsy was performed, only an external examination. This examination suggested the victim died from carbon dioxide gas from the fire that engulfed the first floor of the building.
"It's possible that because we only carried out external examinations, it's possible that they inhaled carbon dioxide gas, CO2," he said.
Meanwhile, Prima stated that as of tonight, his team had received 20 reports from the victims' families. Furthermore, 11 body bags had been examined.
The following is a list of the three identified bodies of the victims:
1. Rufaidha Lathiifunnisa, female, 22 years old, identified based on fingerprints, medical records and property
2. Novia Nurwana, female, 28 years old, identified based on fingerprints, dental, medical and property
3. Yoga Valdier Yaseer, male, 28 years old, identified based on fingerprints, dental, medical and property
A fire broke out at the Terra Drone building in Cempaka Baru, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday afternoon (December 9). The blaze is believed to have started from a battery on the first floor.
"Around 12:30 p.m., there was a battery on the first floor, and that's what caught fire. Employees then managed to put it out, but it turned out the battery fire spread because the first floor is one of the warehouses," Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Senior Commissioner Susatyo Purnomo Condro told reporters.
At the time of the incident, employees were on their lunch break. Some were reportedly outside, while others went up to the second to sixth floors to rest.
"Then when it caught fire, the fire grew bigger, then the smoke rose to the sixth floor," said Susatyo.
The Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) recorded a total of 76 victims in the incident. Of these, 54 survived and 22 died.
(dis/kid)
