Fire destroys house, kills two children

JAKARTA (JP): Two children were killed when fire destroyed their parent's house on Jl. Enim, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, early on Friday morning.

Tasritin 8, and his brother Saturoh 15, were sleeping when fire engulfed the building after midnight. The parents were not in the house when the incident took place.

The fire was extinguished within an hour by seven fire engine units.

People realized that Tastitin and Saturoh had been trapped in the fire after finding their chared remains among the debris.

Police have alleged that the incident was caused by an electric short circuit.

The bodies were sent to the Cipto Mangunkusmo hospital morgue.

"They arrived here at 3:30 a.m.," Edi Pratiknyo, a morgue attendant told The Jakarta Post.

He also added that the victim's uncle came to claim the bodies at about 2:45 p.m.

Fire also damaged the Victory Offset Prima printing company building on Jl. Pegangsaan Dua, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, at about 1:30 p.m. and was extinguished an hour later after 11 fire engines rushed to the scene.

On Friday afternoon a house on Jl. Berdikari was also destroyed by fire.

There were no casualties reported in the two incidents.

An officer of the North Jakarta fire brigade said that his office could handle two or three fire incidents a day.

"But sometimes, we receive no report of fire at all," he said.

Meanwhile on Thursday night, the house of a soybean cake maker on Jl. Margi Utami, Bantar Gebang, Bekasi, was destroyed by fire.

The fire which occurred at about 9 p.m. on Thursday, was caused by a stove exploding.

There were no fatalities reported.(06)