Three killed, six wounded in fire

Three killed, six wounded in fire

At least three persons were killed and six others injured in a
fire that gutted a chemical store at Plaza Harmoni in Central
Jakarta on Monday.

"The three were found dead, but their deaths were not because
of fire but due to smoke inhalation," firefighter Ahmadi said.

The three dead victims, all employees of the chemical store,
were identified only as Rani, Meliana and Tjoeng Fong Kiaw, while
the injured victims were named as Hartono, Dody, Suryanti, Teti,
Finfin and Kartono.

All of the victims were brought to the Tarakan hospital in
Central Jakarta after being removed from the scene.

The fire was reportedly triggered by a Molotov cocktail thrown
by Iswadi, 29, who had just been fired by PT Panca Kusuma, which
owned the store.

Iswadi, who had been working for the company for the past
year, was apparently furious at the fact that he had been fired
just days before the post-fasting festivities. He is now in
police custody.--JP