Fire victim recovers

Fire victim recovers

JAKARTA (JP): A man who was injured in a fire on the fifth
floor of Pasaraya in Blok M, South Jakarta, Saturday was
recovering in Pertamina hospital yesterday.

A paramedic at the hospital, Herman, said that Oleh, 19, had
been moved from the emergency unit to a treatment room on the
fourth floor.

"Oleh is getting better. He is no longer on a drip," he said.

He said Oleh had burns on his legs and body.

Oleh's brother Maman, 29, died in the fire which broke out in
an air conditioning duct.

Oleh managed to escape but Maman was trapped inside the duct.

The two men were from Ciampea district, in Bogor, West Java.

A National Police Forensic Laboratory team are investigating
the cause of the fire. (jun)