Langkat: At least 30 people were killed in a fire that swept through a house that doubled as a match factory in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, a disaster official said Friday.
At least 30 dead in Indonesia match factory fire Irwan Syahri, from the local disaster mitigation agency in Langkat district, said the dead included three children. He said many of the victims were burned beyond recognition.
TV footage showed the burned-out structure, its floor littered with twisted metal, blackened corrugated iron roofing and other debris.
Faisal Riza, whose wife Marlina died in the fire, said the workers at the match business were all women, some of whom brought their children with them.
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The house owner, an elderly woman identified only as Ros, said media that she had rented the property for the past four years to a businessman from the provincial capital, Medan.
Riza said the building's front door was usually locked, and the fire had started at the back of the property. Bodies were piled up near the front door, he said.
