At least 30 people, including several children, were killed when a fire ripped through a home that doubled as a matchstick factory in Indonesia on Friday, authorities said. Pictures from the scene showed blackened corpses lying on top of each other on the floor in the aftermath of the blaze that authorities said broke out early Friday afternoon. “We’re still identifying the victims and scouring the scene,” he said, adding that three people escaped the blaze. In 2017, at least 46 people were killed and dozens more injured in a blaze that tore through a fireworks factory outside Jakarta. Seventeen people were killed when a fire ripped through a karaoke bar on Sulawesi island in 2015 and, in 2009, a fire killed 20 people at a karaoke bar in Medan, on Sumatra island.

Source: Punch June 21, 2019 10:52 UTC