Three persons incinerated

Three persons incinerated

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Three family members were killed in a
fire that destroyed four houses near Belawan harbor on early on
Thursday, police said yesterday.

The police identified those killed as Husin bin Jamil, 26, his
wife Ratna Dewi, 20, and their daughter Nuraini, 5, Antara
reported.

Police said preliminary investigations suggest that the fire
was started by a spilled kerosene lamp. The fire quickly gutted
the houses whose roofs were made of straw.

Statistics from the North Sumatra police station show that
from January through early November, 24 people have been killed
in more than 70 cases of fire. (pan)