Fire Breaks Out at Tanah Abang Apartment as 17 Fire Engines Respond
Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A fire broke out on the fifth floor of an apartment in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, on Friday.
- Firefighters deployed 17 engines and 85 personnel, with suppression efforts still underway.
- Authorities had not determined the cause of the fire.
A fire broke out on the fifth floor of an apartment on Jalan KH. Mas Mansyur in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, on Friday.
The Jakarta Fire and Rescue Service received the report at 11:23 a.m. local time. Command Centre data identified the affected area as the building’s fifth-floor cable shaft.
Firefighters sent 17 fire engines and 85 personnel to the scene. They began fighting the blaze at 11:30 a.m., and the operation was still underway when the report was published.
The fire remained classified as an active suppression operation. Officials had not yet determined what caused it.
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Originally published by CNN Indonesia in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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