Fire guts garment factory

BOGOR: A garment factory caught fire on Monday, allegedly due to an electrical short circuit.

Fire destroyed the building, owned by CV Mulya Utama, located in Sindangsari village in Bogor regency, causing losses of hundreds of millions of rupiah.

An employee said that the fire started at 9 a.m., originating from the employers' boarding rooms on the second floor of the factory.

The factory owner, Dedeh Rosidah, said that she had run the business for 10 years and exported garments to Japan.

It had 40 employees. -JP