Fire razes chicken restaurant

JAKARTA (JP): A traditional fried chicken restaurant on Jl. Dewi Sartika, East Jakarta, was razed in a fire Saturday night.

Witnesses said the fire started around 8:30 p.m. in the kitchen of the Ny. Suharti two-story restaurant.

Six fire engines were deployed to extinguish the blaze which lasted for around five hours.

No casualties were reported and financial losses are still being calculated.

Another fire razed the production section of a shoe factory on Jl. Gajah Tunggal, Tangerang, Saturday evening.

A source at the Tangerang fire brigade said they received the report from the factory at around 5:15 p.m. and sent nine appliances to the site. The fire was put out at around 9 p.m.

No fatalities were reported. (cst)