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Mother and daughters die in fire
Three family members died in a fire that engulfed a rented house that also functioned as a gasoline kiosk on Jl
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hree family members died in a fire that engulfed a rented house that also functioned as a gasoline kiosk on Jl. Kebon Baru in Semper Barat, Cilincing, North Jakarta, early on Saturday.
The victims were identified as Nuryani, 60, and her daughter, Yanti, 20, who died at the scene and Yanti's sister, Wati, 28, who died in Pelabuhan Jakarta Hospital in Koja later that morning.
'Wati died around 8 a.m. She suffered severe burns over 95 percent of her body,' Siti Nurhidayah, a relative of the victim, said as quoted by Warta Kota on Saturday.
The bodies of the other victims were brought to Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Central Jakarta for autopsy. (***)
