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    Indonesia prison fire kills 41 drug inmates, 80 hospitalized

    Indonesia prison fire kills 41 drug inmates, 80 hospitalized
    Written by Sneha Das
    (PTI desk)
    Sep 08, 2021, 11:50 am 2 min read
    Indonesia prison fire kills 41 drug inmates, 80 hospitalized
    Jailbreaks and the riots that led to fire are quite common in Indonesia

    A massive fire raged through an overcrowded prison near Indonesia's capital Jakarta early Wednesday, killing at least 41 inmates and injuring 80 others. "The fire had been extinguished after about two hours and hundreds of police and soldiers were deployed around the prison to prevent prisoners from escaping," Jakarta Police chief Fadil Imran told reporters near the scene.

    The situation is now under control: Police chief

    Televised footage showed firefighters battling to extinguish orange flames while black smoke billowed from the compound. Dozens of bodies in orange bags were laid in a room of Tangerang prison on the outskirts of Jakarta. "The situation is now under control," Imran said, adding that at least 41 inmates were killed and 80 are hospitalized, eight of them with severe burns.

    Preliminary investigation pointed to a short circuit: Police chief

    "Authorities are still investigating the cause but the preliminary investigation pointed to a short circuit in one of the block's cells," Imran said. "Tangerang prison was designed to house 1,225 inmates but has more than 2,000," said Rika Aprianti, spokesperson for the corrections department at the Justice Ministry. Block C, where the fire occurred, was stuffed full of 122 convicts.

    Overcrowding has become a major problem in Indonesia prisons

    The spokesperson further said that the 15 prison officers guarding the area were unhurt. Jailbreaks and riots that led to the fire are quite common in Indonesia, where overcrowding has become a major problem in the prisons that are struggling with poor funding and large numbers of people arrested in a war on illegal drugs.

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