Fire hits Mayora Indah

Fire hits Mayora Indah

TANGERANG (JP): Fire raged through a candy factory belonging
to food producer PT Mayora Indah in Jatiuwung subdistrict in the
wee hours on Thursday.

No fatalities were reported in the blaze, which was said to
originate from an electrical printing code box.

"Around midnight I saw fire flaring from the code box. We
tried to put out the blaze but failed as it was spreading too
fast," Satibi, a machine operator, said.

The blaze quickly gutted the factory, which the 140 workers
fled in a frenzy, he said.

"Not long after, the electricity was shut down," Satibi added.

Fire fighters managed to contain the fire within the factory
compound and prevented it from spreading, before extinguishing it
at 4 a.m.

At least 10 automatic packaging machines and wrapping material
were destroyed, causing hundreds of million rupiah in losses.

Police are still investigating the fire source, said Jatiuwung
Police chief First Lt. Budi Hermawan. (41/edt)