Fire kills one at narcotics penitentiary<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
An exploding gas stove caused a fire at the Cipinang Narcotics
\nPenitentiary in East Jakarta on Saturday, causing the death of
\none inmate and injuring four others.<\/p>\n
The fire is believed to have started at 8:40 a.m. in the
\njail's kitchen and was only extinguished some 45 minutes later.<\/p>\n
Inmate Asep Jauhari, 22, from Sumur Batu, Kemayoran in Central
\nJakarta, died in the fire, while four other inmates -- Tohiri,
\n27, from Tambora, West Jakarta; Syaiful Bahri, 30, from Koja,
\nNorth Jakarta; Budi Sukarlin, 29, from Cengkareng Timur, West
\nJakarta; and Robi bin Matsuri, 26, from Rawabadak Utara, North
\nJakarta -- are still being treated at the Persahabatan Hospital
\nin East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Head of the Cipinang Narcotics Penitentiary, Bambang Krisbanu,
\nsaid that the fire started when some 13 inmates were preparing
\nbreakfast at about 6 a.m. in the 20 meter by 30 meter kitchen.<\/p>\n
At about 8:40 a.m. an explosion was heard followed by two
\nother explosions that immediately engulfed the kitchen in flames.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses say that the explosions came from a gas canister
\nsupplying gas to the stove.<\/p>\n
\"The blaze spread to the kitchen walls and not long after the
\nwhole kitchen was on fire,\" Bambang said.<\/p>\n
Bambang said that it was probable that the five inmates caught
\nin the fire were furthest away from the exit and were unable to
\nescape.<\/p>\n
He said that it was the first time such an incident had
\nhappened in his 30 years of working in the penitentiary, and that
\na new kitchen would be built as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
\"For the moment, we have erected an emergency kitchen to feed
\nthe 1,063 inmates in the jail,\" Bambang explained.<\/p>",
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