Fire guts homes in Sawah Besar
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 02/07/2012 6:43 PM
Fire engulfed houses in densely populated areas on Jl. Lautze Dalam, Karang Anyar subdistrict in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday afternoon.
No casualties were reported in the inferno.
The fire broke out at 2:38 p.m., with its origin reportedly a house located in neighborhood unit (RT) 12 of community unit (RW) 7.
“The fire spread quickly,” said Maya, a resident, as quoted by kompas.com.
A resident reportedly fainted during the incident.
At the time of writing, 30 fire engines deployed by the Jakarta Fire Department were still fighting the blaze. (iwa)
