27 houses razed in Kramat Sentiong<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Fire razed 27 houses on Jl. Kramat Sentiong,
\nSenen district in Central Jakarta on Tuesday morning, turning
\nsome 200 residents into homeless people.<\/p>\n
Senen district chief, Matin Salim, said the fire broke out at
\n10:30 a.m. and immediately razed 27 shanty houses in three
\nneighborhood units, which covered a 1,200-square-meter area<\/p>\n
\"The wind blew so strongly that the fire easily spread to
\nother houses,\" Salim said.<\/p>\n
Locals were not sure of the source of the fire, but some said
\nit allegedly started from a gas stove from the house belonging to
\na resident named Mamat.<\/p>\n
At least 15 fire trucks rushed to put out the fire, but the
\nfirefighters found it difficult to approach the burning houses as
\nthere was only a small alley to reach the location of the fire.<\/p>\n
Local residents, taking water from the ditch, were desperate
\nto prevent the fire from spreading to other houses.<\/p>\n
Central Jakarta Police chief of detectives Capt. Hendra
\nSuhartiyono said the police were still investigating the cause of
\nthe fire.<\/p>\n
\"Most of the burned houses used wood and plywood for their
\nsecond stories,\" Hendra said, adding that no casualties were
\nreported in the fire.<\/p>\n
\"Local residents set up an emergency post at a nearby mosque
\nto shelter the homeless residents in the area,\" he added.<\/p>\n
It was the third large fire this month. The first took place
\nin a densely populated area of Jembatan Besi subdistrict in
\nTambora district, West Jakarta, on May 1. Some 30 houses were
\nburned down.<\/p>\n
The second fire was on May 14 in Angke subdistrict, also in
\nTambora district, West Jakarta, when some 110 houses were burned
\ndown. (06)<\/p>",
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