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Manggarai residents struggle to navigate future after massive fire
Thousands of residents who fell victim to a huge fire in Manggarai, South Jakarta, on Aug. 13 are receiving adequate assistance from authorities, but their future remains uncertain.
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Residents try to put out the fire in a densely populated area in Manggarai, South Jakarta, on Aug. 13, 2024. The fire affecting 12 neighborhood units burned down hundreds of houses, leaving 3,000 people homeless.. (Antara/Muhammad Ramdan)
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housands of residents who fell victim to a huge fire in Manggarai, South Jakarta, on Aug. 13 are receiving adequate assistance from authorities, but their future remains uncertain.
The smell of ash still lingered in the air when The Jakarta Post visited the site on Thursday. Photos were still hanging on the remaining walls, with broken dishes and burned books on the floor.
The densely populated area has now turned into a stretch of black ash after a fire occurred two days earlier at dawn, at around 2:30 a.m., burning down more than 600 houses.
At least 3,000 affected individuals are seeking shelter at five different places, namely two mosques, a parking lot, an elementary school building and a workshop of the state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia.
Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Isnawa Adji said logistics and assistance in the form of food, mineral water, blankets and family kits have been distributed to the affected residents.
Officials and prominent figures including acting Jakarta governor Heru Budi Hartono and former vice president Jusuf Kalla, who is serving as Indonesian Red Cross Chairman, have also made a visit to the location.
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