Maid killed in blaze

JAKARTA (JP): A housemaid was killed in a fire which destroyed the official residence of a House of Representatives legislator in Kalibata, South Jakarta early this week.

The maid, identified as Yanti, 17, was trapped in the fire which gutted the second floor of the house belonging to Eti Zulkarnain of the Golkar Party at 2 p.m.

Yanti was asleep when Eti and her family fled the building.

An electrical short circuit was believed to have caused the fire.

Five fire engines were deployed and managed to extinguish the fire in a half an hour.

The fire fighters found Yanti's charred body in her room on the second floor. The body was then sent to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's morgue for the performing of an autopsy. (jun)