Anyar market lost in fire

BOGOR: An uncontrolled fire gutted at least 1,040 kiosks in Blocks A and E of Anyar market in the small hours of Monday.

No fatalities were reported.

The police suspected an electrical short circuit as the cause of the fire.

The fire started at about 2:30 a.m. At least 50 fire trucks from the administration and nearby cement producer PT Indocement worked for about five hours to put out the fire.

This was the fifth fire to raze the three-story building since 1961. The most recent was on March 28, 1996, and caused damage estimated at Rp 50 billion. -- JP