Fire destroys furniture shop

Fire destroys furniture shop

TANGERANG (JP): Fire ravaged a furniture factory located on Jl. Yos Sudarso Tangerang on Sunday night.

No fatalities were reported and the amount of financial damage is still uncertain.

Eyewitnesses said the fire started at about 9 p.m. in a finishing room where the factory's drier machines are operated and was not extinguished until 3 a.m on Monday. An electrical short circuit is believed to have caused the fire, though police have yet to make any confirmation.

"There were 25 workers in the finishing room when the fire started to spread through the building," one of the workers said.

A security guard, Octa T. Pras, told The Jakarta Post that the fire hit the containers of paint thinner. "A huge fire ball shot through the air as the drums exploded," he said.

In just minutes the fire leveled two buildings in the factory complex.

The workers shouted for help and ran around trying to save what they could of the inventory, all of which is made for export.

The management is expected to summon all 230 workers to discuss their fate after the fire. (18/sur)