JAKARTA: At least 1,230 people lost their homes in a massive fire in Mangga Besar, West Jakarta, on Thursday afternoon.
As of 8 p.m. last night firemen were still trying to put out the fire among wooden houses the densely populated area.
No deaths were reported but several firemen suffered from light injuries when they tried to get closer to the fire.
The Indonesian Red Cross set up an emergency kitchen under an elevated railroad near the Jayakarta train station.
"The kitchen will start to function (Friday) morning. We'll provide three meals a day for the fire victims," said Edward Bachtiar, the head of the disaster mitigation section at the Central Jakarta chapter of the Red Cross.
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