Apartments for fire victims

Victims of the fire which gutted hundreds of houses at Bendungan Hilir, Tanah Abang subdistrict, Central Jakarta, on Friday, have supported the municipality's plan to build apartments on the old fire site.

The support was contained in a formal statement submitted by 15 neighborhood chiefs of the area and a number of the fire victims to Mayor Abdul Kahfi who previously had disclosed the plan to them.

The fire left a total of 465 families homeless. They were given the sum of Rp 400,000 each to rent houses pending the completion of the apartments.

Kahfi said when completed, all the fire victims will be entitled to own the apartments. (bas)