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Fire rips through Finance Ministry
There was a fire at the Finance Ministry on Jl
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here was a fire at theFinance Ministry on Jl. Dr. Wahidin, Central Jakarta, on Friday morning,Central Jakarta Fire and Disaster Mitigation Agency (PKPB) head RahmatKristantio said.
'The fire started in the canteen,' he said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Rahmat said 18 fire trucks from the Central Jakarta PKPB and five from the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) had been deployed as soon as the alarm was raised at 4:16 a.m.
Rahmat said there were no reported fatalities. The Jakarta Police Twitter account @TMCPoldaMetro said those injured had been taken to hospital.
According to the police's Twitter account, the fire trucks were still fighting the flames at 5:19 a.m.
