Fire scare in Pasaraya mall

Fire scattered visitors and workers from the basement food court of the Pasaraya Grande shopping mall in Blok M, South Jakarta, just as they were about to break their fast on Tuesday.

No one was injured in the incident as the visitors were quickly evacuated.

"The fire was caused by a short circuit in the basement's electricity generator ... Fortunately, our fire control system worked well," assistant director Harun Kuswandono said.

At least 15 fire trucks and support vehicles arrived about 10 minutes after the fire started at 6:15 p.m., and managed to prevent the fire spreading to the upper floors of the nine-story building.

Harun said the food court was expected to be operating as normal on Wednesday. -- JP