20130823 Indonesia Fire engulfs eight shop-houses in Makassar
Indonesia Aug 23 2013 “Stores”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Fire engulfs 58 buildings in Makassar
Updated: 2013-08-24-14:48
Around 58 buildings were gutted by fire on Friday in two separate locations in Makassar, South Sulawesi, but no casualties had yet been reported, an official said.
Bahtiar Tawil of the Makassar Fire Department said that at around 8 a.m. the first fire destroyed eight shop-houses on Jl. Bau Mangga
It took four hours for local fire fighters, with the help of a search and rescue (SAR) team, police, soldiers and personnel from the local state-owned water company, to extinguish the fire and get the situation under control.
Bahtiar said that vehicular access to the two locations, which were reached via a number of narrow streets, had resulted in the time taken to put out the fires.
“The fires spread quickly due to strong winds and crowds of people wanting to see what was going on were blocking the streets,” Bahtiar said as quoted by kompas.com on Saturday. (hrl/dic)
Websource:The Jakarta Post
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/08/24/fire-engulfs-58-buildings-makassar.html
Date:2013-08-24
Country:Indonesia