Fire burns down 8 Pekanbaru homes

PEKANBARU, Riau: A fire razed eight houses at dawn on Monday along Jl. Paus, Central Tangkerang subdistrict, Pekanbaru.

No fatalities have been reported.

Neighborhood unit chief Muktiono said the fire spread quickly from house to house, as they were built closely together.

Rostina, 60, a victim, said the fire was raging by the time she awoke at 4 a.m., at which time she fled her house to safety. -- JP