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Fire razes migrant workers camp in South Jakarta

| Mon, 11/09/2009 3:03 PM
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JAKARTA: A fire on Sunday morning razed almost a half a house used to accommodate migrant workers in Tanjung Barat, South Jakarta, but took no lives, the Jakarta Police's Traffic Management Center (TMC) reported.

According to TMC, the two-story house, located in Jl. Muara Tanjung Barat, was inhabited by 500 people when the fire started at 5.50 a.m.

It took two fire engines to extinguish the fire.

Although there was no fatalities, a person reportedly broke his leg after jumping from the house's second floor. - JP

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