Indonesia fireworks factory explosions kill at least 47 people
Source: The Guardian
Two explosions and a subsequent blaze at a fireworks factory on the western outskirts of Indonesia’s capital have killed at least 47 people and injured dozens more, officials have said.
TV news channels broadcast images of thick plumes of dark smoke billowing from a warehouse in the Tangerang district of Jakarta, an industrial and manufacturing hub on the island of Java.
“There are 47 bodies,” police spokesman Argo Yuwono told Metro Television. “From the manifest we obtained there were 103 workers.” Of this latter figure, 46 were injured in the explosion, he said, adding that they were being treated at three nearby hospitals.
Witnesses told local media there were two explosions, one at about 10am and another about three hours later, both of which could be heard miles away.
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One of the explosions knocked the cameraman right on his butt, even though he was supposedly out of range.
