What are the Responsibilities of the District-level Police Investigation Agency in Cases of Fire and Explosion?

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To be specific, in Article 9 of Circular 39/2015/TT-BCA, the regulations on the investigation and resolution of fire and explosion cases outline the responsibilities of the District-level Police Investigator as follows:

1. Take the lead in addressing and handling from the outset cases of fire and explosion in one of the following situations: explosions; presence of fatalities; 02 or more injured persons; involvement of foreign elements; fire area of 500m2 or more or estimated damages from 03 billion VND or more (based on initial statistics). During the investigation and resolution process, if criminal signs are detected, handle the investigation according to authority or transfer to the competent investigative agency.

2. Receive dossiers, exhibits, means, and organize investigation of fire cases with criminal signs transferred by the Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police for investigation according to authority.

Coordinate with the Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police to resolve and handle fire and explosion cases not falling under the situations regulated in Clause 1 of this Article when requested.

3. For fire and explosion cases showing signs of terrorism or other crimes under the investigative authority of the Provincial Security Investigative Agency or the Central City-level Security Investigative Agency (abbreviated as Provincial-level Police), immediately transfer to the Provincial-level Security Investigative Agency for investigation according to authority.

4. In the event that the District-level Police Investigator has handled a fire or explosion case but later issues a decision not to prosecute a criminal case, a decision to cancel the prosecution decision, a decision to suspend the investigation, or a decision to suspend the case, if the act shows signs of administrative violation, within 03 days from the date of issuing the decision, the entire dossier, exhibits, means of the violation, and the proposal for administrative penalty must be transferred to the competent Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police for administrative penalty as per legal regulations.

Details are available in Circular 39/2015/TT-BCA, effective from October 8, 2015.

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