Fire razes perfume warehouse in South Jakarta

Firefighters were having difficulty extinguishing a fire that razed a house used to store perfume and chemicals on Jl. Tebet Timur Raya in South Jakarta on Thursday.

A local security guard Dullah told kompas.com said that the fire started at around 1 p.m.

A total of 15 firetrucks have been deployed to contain the fire. Residents were told to stay away from the house in fear of a possible explosion.

At the time of writing, firefighters had yet to extinguish the fire.