Second body evacuated from ruined footwear factory

Rescue workers evacuated another charred body from the ruined Swallow sandal factory in Kalideres district in West Jakarta on Saturday.

Sonora radio quoted witnesses as saying that the victim might be the factory’s warehouse chief, Rusli, after the rescue workers found a bunch of keys inside his pocket.

Early in the morning the rescue workers pulled out the body of a woman from the rubble. An old woman, Yatinem, said she believed the victim was the company’s supervisor, Liana, whom she identified from her yellow dress.

Yatinem said Liana was the fiancée of her grandson Rudy, who also works at the factory. The two lovers had planned to marry in the next three months.

The rescue workers are still looking for two more victims who are feared trapped under the rubble. The factory caught fire on Thursday evening, but it took firefighters more than 24 hours to completely douse the flames.