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Fire at Senen Market, 500 kiosks razed
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Thick smoke billows from Senen Market in Central Jakarta on Jan. 19. The police said 500 kiosks were razed. (Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf)
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entral Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Dwiyono said 500 kiosks in three blocks of Senen Market were razed on Thursday morning. No casualties were reported.
“The firefighters faced difficulties extinguishing the fire because it spread to the top,” Dwiyono said as quoted by Antara news agency.
He said as of 8 a.m. the Central Jakarta Firefighter and Disaster Management Agency was still working on extinguishing the fire at Blok I and Blok II. The agency initially deployed 27 fire trucks to the scene but later deployed 18 more. The south side of Blok II of the market was the worst affected.
Dwiyono said his side had yet to determine the cause of fire.
An officer with the agency, Syarifudin, said the fire began on the first floor in the early hours of Thursday. He said firefighters had been trying to put out the fire since 4:15 a.m. (evi)
