Pasar Anyar fire

Pasar Anyar fire

From Kompas

A number of questions arose concerning the recent Pasar Kebon Kembang fire in Bogor, particularly about the real number of victims. The Bogor mayor stated the fire claimed only 10 lives, which was confirmed by Ramayana Department Store, the police and the Bogor hospital's forensic department. The statements counter media reports of the fire victims totaling 70 or so.

It was surprising when newspaper reports said there were 65 bags yet to undergo examination in the hospital morgue. More perplexing still when the hospital staff suddenly barred newspeople and the public from entering the morgue, and then closed off all the passages to it. It was stated that the 65 bags contained nothing but mannequins. This is incredible! Can't they distinguish human corpses from other items? Professional people should be able to identify things from their smell. I could not believe such a huge blunder could occur.

DEDI H. PURWADI

Yogyakarta