Police compound blazes, no injury<\/p>\n
Emmy Fitri, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Menteng Police compound in Central Jakarta caught fire on
\nSaturday afternoon, razing several rooms and buildings.<\/p>\n
Four houses inside the police compound, an administration
\noffice, an office for the intelligence unit and the ammunition
\nwarehouse were set on fire. Police and fire fighters reportedly
\nmanaged to salvage several rifles kept inside the warehouse.<\/p>\n
An official at Central Jakarta Fire Agency Zainal Abidin said
\nthere were no fatalities in the blaze, which was reported at
\naround 6:20 p.m.<\/p>\n
Eleven fire engines were deployed to the scene to extinguish
\nthe fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n
On Friday evening fire broke out in two separate places in the
\ncity, destroying part of a government building in Tanah Abang,
\nCentral Jakarta, and about 25 houses in Taman Sari, West Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The city's Language and Koranic Sciences Institute (LBIA)
\nbuilding on Jl. Awaluddin II, Tanah Abang district in Central
\nJakarta, which was still under construction, was the second
\ngovernment building gutted by fire this month. Early in December,
\nfire also destroyed part of the Ministry of Industry and Trade
\nbuilding in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Head of Central Jakarta Fire Agency Idrus speculated the fire
\non Friday was caused by faulty electrical installation. There
\nwere no fatalities in the incidents, which took place at around
\n9:30 p.m., and ended one hour later. It was too soon to asses
\nmaterial losses.<\/p>\n
Fourteen fire engines were deployed to extinguish the blaze,
\nwhich gutted most of the building's roof.<\/p>\n
In a separate incident, residents of Tamansari, whose houses
\nwere burned late on Friday evening, sheltered at makeshift tents
\nerected at nearby mosques.<\/p>\n
Donations of used clothes and food were seen flooding the
\ntents from churches and nearby residents.<\/p>\n
An official said an electrical short circuit might start the
\nfire. Some residents said the burning of garbage was to blame.<\/p>\n
\"It all happened so quickly, I am not sure what caused the
\nfire. We were all sitting close by when suddenly people shouted
\n'fire' and asked for help,\" Fauzan, a resident, told The Jakarta
\nPost on Saturday.<\/p>",
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