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        "msgid": "babel-sets-up-communal-kitchens-to-help-thousands-of-serdang-fire-victims-1791687065",
        "date": "2026-10-11 08:38:58",
        "title": "Babel Sets Up Communal Kitchens to Help Thousands of Serdang Fire Victims",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Bangka Belitung provincial government has established a field kitchen and evacuation tents following a fire that reportedly destroyed around 500 homes in Serdang. About 60 people are staying at the designated evacuation centre, while many others have sought shelter with relatives; there have been no reported fatalities and the cause remains under investigation.",
        "content": "<p>Pangkalpinang (ANTARA) \u2013 The Bangka Belitung Islands Provincial\nGovernment set up a field kitchen and evacuation tents to assist\nthousands of victims of a fire in Serdang Hamlet, Jelutung 2 Village,\nSouth Bangka Regency, on Saturday night (10 October).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with the Bangka Belitung Social Affairs Agency, we are\nsetting up a communal kitchen and evacuation tents in the grounds of SDN\n7 Simpang Rimba,\u201d said Agus Afandi, acting head of the Bangka Belitung\nProvincial Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), in Serdang Hamlet on\nSunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evacuation centre is at SDN 7 Simpang Rimba. There are not many\nevacuees in the classrooms, as most affected residents have chosen to\nstay with relatives or family members whose homes were not affected by\nSaturday night\u2019s fire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said around 60 evacuees were currently staying in the classrooms\nat SDN 7 Simpang Rimba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been no fatalities, and these figures may still change.\nDamage to public facilities is also still being assessed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the cause of the fire in Serdang Hamlet, which\ndestroyed 500 residents\u2019 homes, is not yet known. The fire started at\naround 3.10pm WIB, burning land, but information received indicated that\nthe major blaze began when land near the residential area caught\nfire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrong winds and dry conditions allowed the fire to spread rapidly\nto the residential area, as most of the houses were built with plank\nwalls. The fire is reported to have destroyed around 500 homes, although\nthe figures are not yet final,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/babel-sets-up-communal-kitchens-to-help-thousands-of-serdang-fire-victims-1791687065",
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