Imamia jantri official news desk: Fire broke out in an overcrowded jail in Indonesia as a result of fire at least 40 killed and many got injured. According to the spokesperson of the prison department of the law and human rights ministry, the fire that broke out at 1.00 to 2.00 am at the Tangerang prison block c has been extinguished and the officials are still trying to evacuate people from jail.
The block is full of prisoners drug related offences and has capacity of 122 people
According to the spokesperson at the time, when fire broke out the jail was overcrowded but she did not confirmed that the exact numbers.
The investigation has been launched for inquiry of the incident but the initial suspicion is this happen due to electrical short circuit.
