Fire razes 34 houses in Ancol

Fire razes 34 houses in Ancol

JAKARTA (JP): At least 34 houses in the urban villages of
Walang and Lodan in Ancol, North Jakarta, were burned to the
ground on Friday, causing estimated losses of hundreds of
millions of rupiah.

The police are still investigating the cause of the fire, but
an eyewitness said it originated from the burning of garbage,
made up of a large number of cardboard boxes, by a wooden
casemaker under the nearby Ancol flyover at about 1 p.m.

Eight fire trucks arriving at the location 30 minutes after
the fire started managed to extinguish it out within an hour.

The witness told detik.com internet news service that a strong
wind blew carried burning pieces of the boxes to the nearby
densely populated residential area, thus starting the fire. (01)