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Firefighters evacuate people trapped in Tanah Abang apartment blaze

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Firefighters responded to an apartment fire on Jalan KH. Mas Mansyur in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.
  • Authorities deployed 21 fire trucks and 105 personnel, and began containing the fire within minutes of arriving.
  • Crews were searching the fifth-floor cable shaft while attempting to evacuate people believed trapped inside.

Firefighters were searching an apartment in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, for people believed to be trapped as crews tackled a blaze on Friday.

The fire broke out at an apartment on Jalan KH. Mas Mansyur. Data from the Jakarta Fire Department’s Command Centre identified the affected area as a cable shaft on the fifth floor.

The department received the report at 11:23 a.m. Firefighters arrived at 11:29 a.m. and began extinguishing the fire a minute later. By 11:36 a.m., crews had localized the blaze, with the operation listed as still in the containment phase.

Twenty-one fire trucks and 105 personnel were sent to the scene. The department said crews were carrying out a search and evacuation operation for people trapped inside.

The search and evacuation of victims trapped inside is underway.

· Jakarta Fire Department Command CentreThe command centre described the ongoing rescue operation.
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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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