Busy day for firefighters

Busy day for firefighters

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Fire Department was kept busy with six
major fires on Wednesday. No casualties were reported.

The latest incident was at a line of shop houses on Jl. Kota
Bambu Raya in West Jakarta at about 5 p.m. About four hours
earlier, fire destroyed eight houses on nearby Jl. Kota Bambu
Selatan.

In North Jakarta, several houses on Jl. Agung Utara, near the
private Tarumanegara University were damaged. Another house on
Jl. Cimanggis, East Jakarta, was also damaged.

Two fire trucks were sent to extinguish a fire in a house on
Jl. Cempaka Baru IX, Central Jakarta, while South Jakarta firemen
had to deal with an out-of-control garbage fire set by residents
of Jl. Mujahiddin in Kebayoran Lama. -- JP