Fire guts 130 houses in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta

01/26/09 15:34

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A fire gutted 130 houses in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta, on Sunday evening.

The Jakarta Police`s Traffic Management Center reported that the fire broke out most likely due to a firecracker explosion.

Adjunct Commissioner Hariyatmoko of the Jakarta Police said that according to information from several eyewitnesses, the fire started from a firecracker explosion on the second floor of a house in the Pasar Baru area.

The Central Jakarta fire brigade mobilized 25 fire trucks to extinguish the fire raging the crowed Pasar Baru area.
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