nextprevPolice say an inferno at a firework factory near Indonesia's capital that killed 48 people was started by sparks from a welder's torch. Police spokesman Argo Yuwono says the welder, Subarna Ega, is believed to have accidentally caused Thursday's fire in Tangerang, a satellite city of Jakarta. Yuwono said at a news conference Saturday that the sparks from Ega's welding struck the fireworks and triggered the flames. The death toll climbed to 48 after a worker who had suffered extensive burns died in a hospital Saturday. Police have also arrested the owner and the operational director of the factory, which had 103 employees, for allegedly employing underage workers and violating regional minimum wage standards.

Source: Fox News October 28, 2017 08:37 UTC