At least 24 killed in Indonesia matchstick warehouse fire: Official

“There have been 24 deaths,” said the head of North Sumatra’s disaster agency Riadil Lubis, adding that investigators believed they had identified the charred remains of 21 adults and three children.

At least two dozen people were killed when a fire ripped through a matchstick warehouse in Indonesia on Friday, authorities said.

Residents examine the damage after a fire razed through a match factory in Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, June 21, 2019. A number of people including children were killed in the fire that swept through a house that doubled as a match factory, a disaster official said Friday. (AP Photo)

“There have been 24 deaths,” said the head of North Sumatra’s disaster agency Riadil Lubis, adding that investigators believed they had identified the charred remains of 21 adults and three children.

“We don’t know what caused the fire but it has been extinguished,” he added.

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