Fire guts Kramat Jati market

More than 200 fruit and vegetable kiosks at the Kramat Jati central market in East Jakarta were reduced to ashes after a fire razed it early Saturday morning.

At least 11 fire engines from the East Jakarta fire department were called in at 4:36 a.m. to put out the fire that police believe was caused by an exploding stove at one of the kiosks.

The material loss has yet to be assessed, but is expected to reach hundreds of millions of rupiah. No casualties were reported.(mds)