Devastating Blaze Engulfs Jakarta Market, Leaving Hundreds Homeless. A massive fire swept through a bustling market in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital city, leaving a trail of destruction and despair in its wake. The inferno, which is believed to have started in the early hours of the morning, quickly spread due to strong winds and the highly flammable nature of the market's wooden stalls and shops. Emergency services were quickly on the scene, but the scale of the disaster has been compounded by the fact that many of the market's residents and vendors were forced to flee without their belongings, leaving them without a home or a means of earning a living.
Hundreds of people have been made homeless after a huge fire tore through a market in Jakarta.
