News studio 'RCTI' catches fire

JAKARTA: Studio 5 of private television station RCTI in Kebon Jeruk area, West Jakarta, caught fire early on Thursday.

Fireman Subandi said the fire started at about 11:30 a.m. He said that a short circuit caused the fire, but the fire department had yet to determine the source of the spark.

Ten fire trucks and support vehicles managed to extinguish the fire about 40 minutes later.

The fire destroyed editing equipment in the studio, which was used to produce news.

The TV station experienced losses of hundreds of million rupiah in the fire.

However, the incident did not disrupt the TV station's news programs on Thursday. -- Antara