Fire claims couple's lives

TANGERANG: A young couple died on Friday morning as fire gutted their home in the Pondok Indah Kota Bumi housing complex in the Pasar Kemis area of Tangerang.

The remains of the victims, Edi Suryanto, 35, and his wife Yohane, 22, were found wrapped in an embrace near the kitchen door.

According to Yusuf, a neighbor, the couple arrived home at about 2 a.m. after watching the Divasea Concert at the Gelora Bung Karno sports complex in Central Jakarta. Yohane turned on the gas stove to boil water but she and her husband then fell asleep.

"My wife was awoken by the smell of smoke, and she rushed out to find out where it was coming from. The smoke, in fact, was coming from our next door neighbor's house, which was on fire," Yusuf said.

Two fire engines and local residents managed to put out the fire by 4 a.m.