Baby and youth killed in fire

PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Fire destroyed at least 500 houses in Kuala Kapuas Kecil, a slum area in Kuala Kapuas, here Monday evening, killing a baby and a teenage boy.

Kapuas regency official Samsi P. Kulu told Antara yesterday that the identity of the teenage boy was still unknown.

"It was reported that the teenage boy was burned to death while he was asleep," he said.

A couple has reported that their baby was burned to death, although they do not know where their baby was at the time of the fire.

Samsi said the cause of the fire and its material losses were still unknown.