Fatal fire kills family of five

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: A family died in a fire in Banjar Selatan district here on Thursday, Antara new agency reported.

The fire broke out at 1 a.m. in the densely populated district where H. Abdul Gani and his family resided.

The victims were identified as Abdul Gani, his wife Sri Diana and their children Iwan, Ani and Fitri.

Twenty other homes were razed before the fire was put out at 2:15 p.m.

The cause of the fire is not yet known. It was the second such incident in the past two days. Three homes were razed in Banjar Utara district on Wednesday.