Fire guts garment factory

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

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Road race ends in death

JAKARTA: A 24-year-old resident of Kramat Asem, East Jakarta,
died at about 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday when his Toyota Kijang hit
another vehicle and then rammed into the wall of the toll gate at
Rawamangun, East Jakarta.

Witnesses said the victim, identified as Jimny, was racing
with the driver of a Suzuki Carry on Jl. Jend. Achmad Yani. The
Kijang hit the Suzuki Carry and then crashed into the wall,
tipping over and killing Jimny and injuring Tapsri, a passenger
in the vehicle.

Ratno of the Kebon Nanas Police said Tapsri was rushed to the
Intensive Care Unit at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital,
while Jimny's body was taken to the hospital's morgue.

The driver of the Suzuki Carry, whose identity was not
released, also was taken to the hospital with injuries he
received in the accident. -- Antara