Eight killed in cooking oil factory fire near Jakarta

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Eight people died in a large fire at a cooking oil factory near the Indonesian capital Jakarta, local fire authorities said on Friday.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A massive fire at a cooking oil factory near Jakarta claimed eight lives on Friday.

00:09Local fire authorities reported that around 20 fire trucks were dispatched to the scene

00:14and managed to contain the blaze in most parts of the factory.

00:18Roads surrounding the factory were closed, according to Metro TV.

00:22Suhartono, head of Bakasi's fire department, confirmed to Reuters that all victims' bodies

00:28have been evacuated from the site.

00:30He noted that three other individuals were injured and warned that the casualty count

00:35could rise.

00:37Local authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the fire.

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