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undreds of vendors at Yaik Baru market in Semarang, Central Java, moved goods out from their kiosks in panic on Saturday evening after a fire razed some parts of the traditional market.

Although the fire was quickly extinguished after burning down nine stalls, the vendors said they were still worried that another incident might arise. In May last year a huge fire razed thousands of kiosks at the neighboring Johar market.

Yaik Baru vendors'€™ association head, Mudasir, said the fire had started at around 7:30 p.m. local time and lasted for roughly 90 minutes.

'€œBefore the arrival of the fire trucks, we tried to extinguish the fire with any means available,'€ he said on Sunday.