As part of the investigation, a team from the National Police’s Forensic Laboratory took several samples from the fire site to determine the precise cause of the fire, a police officer said.
The samples included charcoal ash as well as electrical cable and equipment, Commissioner Henry Siahaan, head of the Forensic Laboratory’s fire incident unit, said here on Wednesday.
The samples will be thoroughly examined at the lab for a week to help investigators pinpoint the cause of the fire, he added.
Meanwhile, Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung on Tuesday promised to repair the market, where at least 550 stalls were destroyed by the fire on Monday evening.
“The market has caught fire three times. We, of course, are preparing to repair it,” he told journalists.
Governor Anung said that Taman Puring is vital since it is a people’s market that serves local needs. Therefore, the Jakarta administration will prepare to repair the infrastructure that was gutted in the fire.
To put out the fire, at least 118 firefighters, using 35 fire trucks, fought the blaze for three and a half hours. No casualties were reported in the incident, he added.
Due to its proximity to the fire-ravaged market, the Kebayoran Baru police station transferred four prisoners to the South Jakarta police precinct, citing safety concerns.
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