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231 houses in N. Jakarta burn down, 1,000 left homeless
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The fire in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, on Nov. 17. (Warta Kota/Panji Baskhara Ramadhan)
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ire gutted 231 houses near the Harapan Indah housing complex in Kapuk Muara, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Thursday, affecting 277 families living there.
The North Jakarta administration deployed 21 fire trucks and 100 firefighters to extinguish the fire.
“The fire started at about 9:15 a.m. It was difficult to extinguish because the wind was strong and the fire spread quickly to other houses,” Satriadi Billy Gunawan, the head of the North Jakarta Firefighting Agency, said as quoted by Warta Kota.
Satriadi said the 277 families consisted of about 1,000 people who were now homeless.
He said the fire started from an explosion from a gas cylinder in a house that also served as a canteen. (evi)
