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)