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Hundreds of stalls gutted in fire at Jakarta’s largest wholesale market
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The Kramat Jati blaze marks the third major fire in Jakarta within the past week.
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JAKARTA – A fire tore through Jakarta’s largest wholesale market, Kramat Jati, in East Jakarta on the morning of Dec 15, destroying hundreds of stalls and prompting Governor Pramono Anung to order a thorough investigation amid renewed scrutiny of the capital’s fire safety standards.
The blaze reportedly broke out at around 7.30am local time (8.30am Singapore time) at a shop selling plastic goods and ropes and spread rapidly to surrounding kiosks, most of which were built with semi-permanent materials, according to Indonesian news portal Tempo.
