Dozens of houses gutted by fire

Dozens of houses gutted by fire

TANGERANG, West Java (JP): Dozens of makeshift houses built on
a plot of state-owned land at Karawaci Bedeng, in the Karawaci
sub-district, were reduced to ashes when a fire tore through the
site yesterday.

The fire occurred while several residents were demolishing
their houses in compliance with the local administration's
instruction that all buildings there be pulled down because the
land was state-owned.

The residents who voluntarily demolished their houses were
already getting compensation from the administration.

The fire's cause is not yet known but it is thought to have
started from smoldering building ruins scattered around the area.

It took fire fighters about two hours to put out the
blaze.

Material losses have not yet been calculated. (28/bas)