Fire hits Ambassador Mall, elsewhere<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Three fires hit Jakarta on Saturday but no fatalities were
\nreported.<\/p>\n
Fire broke out on the fourth floor of Mal Ambassador on Jl.
\nProf. Dr. Satrio, South Jakarta, and panicked hundreds of
\nshoppers and employees of the mall. The mall is located across
\nfrom the JW Marriott Hotel, which was devastated by a deadly
\ntruck bomb on Aug. 5.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses claimed that people started to run out of the
\nfive-story mall when flames began to spread from the Fiesta Steak
\nrestaurant at around 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Most people ran out to the relative safety of the street
\nbelow. Many of the tenants closed down as smoke spread throughout
\nthe building.<\/p>\n
Setiabudi police subprecinct chief First Ins. Suprianto said
\nthat Eri Susanto, the restaurant's assistant manager, denied that
\nthe fire came from his restaurant.<\/p>\n
Twelve firetrucks were sent to the site but they were helpless
\nas the hydrant was broken.<\/p>\n
Earlier, at around 3 p.m. a large blaze burned down 12 houses
\nand a wood processing factory on Jl. Jelambar Barat III, Jelambar
\nBaru subdistrict, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Fifteen workers at the factory, which belongs to prominent
\nlocal businessman Hadi Hartono, tried to put out the fire but to
\nno avail.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses said that the fire started from a rented house
\nand spread quickly to the factory and other houses. The cause of
\nthe fire was still unknown.<\/p>\n
A total of 12 firetrucks were deployed to the site and the
\nfiremen managed to put out the fire in about one hour.<\/p>\n
Fire also burned 16 houses in the area two days earlier. One
\nman was injured after falling from a roof while trying to
\nextinguish the fire.<\/p>\n
Later, at around 7 p.m., 11 houses on Jl. Palmeriam in East
\nJakarta were burned by fire. Around 20 firefighters were deployed
\nat the site and managed to put out the fire an hour later.<\/p>\n
One of the firemen said that the cause of the fire was
\nprobably a short circuit in one of the houses.<\/p>\n
The material losses from the three fires have not been
\ncalculated yet.<\/p>",
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