A scorched statue sits in the ashes as a fireman tries to extinguish parts of a huge fire that spread through the Maritime Museum in Jakarta on Tuesday. (AP photo)JAKARTA: A fire ripped through a 17th century Dutch colonial building that houses a maritime museum in the Indonesian capital on Tuesday, causing extensive damage to its historical collections. Museum head Husnizon Nizar said there were no casualties from the fire that swept through one of the museum's three historic buildings. Nizar said the blaze destroyed models of Dutch East India Company ships, traditional Indonesian vessels and a newly installed diorama showing the history of World War II in the Java Sea. The three buildings that house the museum in the old Sunda Kelapa harbor area in north Jakarta were built as warehouses in the 17th century by the Dutch East India Company.

Source: Bangkok Post January 16, 2018 09:00 UTC