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Fire kills mother, three children in West Jakarta
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The West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency deploys 14 firetrucks to put out a fire on Jl. Semangka in Palmerah district, West Jakarta, on Friday. The fire killed a mother and her three children.
(Warta Kota/Bintang Pradewo)
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fire at a home on Jl. Semangka in Palmerah district, West Jakarta, claimed the lives of a mother and her three daughters on Friday afternoon.
The bodies of Fitria, 39, and her daughters, Salma, 8, and twins Kirana and Tirana, who were only four years old, were found hugging each other in their home’s bathroom after the West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency put out the flames.
“The bodies have been brought to the Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital,” said Rompis, who heads the West Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency’s fire prevention and rescue unit.
The agency deployed 14 firetrucks after receiving information on the fire at 1.10 p.m.
The fire was reportedly caused by the children playing with fire. It also caused an estimated Rp 50 million (US$3,754) in material losses, Rompis said in a media release on Friday. (hol)
