Fire razes 12 houses

MANADO, North Sulawesi: Fire razed 12 houses in Dembe Satu subdistrict of Gorontalo, leaving 83 people homeless.

One of the victims, M. Karim, said the fire burned the money he had just borrowed from the government, Antara reported.

He said the fire broke out when he was fishing in Lake Limoto.

There were no casualties.(sim)