Fire destroys houses in North Jakarta

Fire destroys houses in North Jakarta

JAKARTA: At least 100 houses on Jl. Tanah Pasir in
Penjaringan, North Jakarta, were destroyed in a fire on Monday
evening.

The fire broke out at about 6:30 p.m. and quickly spread along
the street.

A duty officer at the North Jakarta Fire Department said that
by 9 p.m. firefighters were still battling the blaze.

"We deployed 39 fire trucks to fight the fire," he told The
Jakarta Post.

No fatalities or injuries have so far been reported in the
blaze.

The cause of the fire is still unknown. --JP