Sunday, July 17, 2011

2 teens dead in Bogor school fire

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 07/18/2011 11:28 AM

Two teenagers died in a fire that destroyed Ibnu Tarwiyah Islamic Boarding School in Sukaharja village near Bogor, West Java, on Sunday evening.

Bogor Police criminal investigation unit chief Adj.Comr. Imron Ernawan said the fire started at around 6 p.m. on Sunday and took at least two hours to put out.

“Police officers finished their investigation at the scene of the fire at around 1 a.m. on Monday. They discovered the remains of two people who had been trapped in their room,” Imron said Monday as quoted by Antara state news wire.

According to Imron, the two victims were Nurfahmiyah,19, who is a student and Yulisiticariwyah, 18, who is an administrative staff member.

Imron said police would continue an investigation into the cause of the blaze, as reported by Antara news service.

"We will search the scene of the fire and ask for help from the National Police forensics laboratory today,” Imron said, adding that police had questioned four witness in relation to the fire.

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