The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 03/01/2009 9:45 PM | Jakarta
The Jakarta fire department said Sunday it would seal off high-rise buildings that failed to comply with municipal fire safety standards.
“We have warned [the building owners] before. We will seal off their buildings if they still fail to meet our fire safety requirements,” agency head Paimin Napitupulu told beritajakarta.com.
Under existing regulations, a high-rise must have fire safety equipment, like a water hydrant, emergency stairs and fire extinguishers. However, 44 percent of 1,400 high-rise buildings in Jakarta currently fall short of that standard, Paimin said.
The agency recorded 90 fires in the first two months of 2009.
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