Three killed after jumping from burning factory in Indonesia
JAKARTA: Three construction workers plunged to their deaths after leaping from the sixth floor of a burning soap factory in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province on Thursday, local police confirmed.
Three construction workers lost their lives after jumping from the sixth floor of a burning soap factory in Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Thursday. The fire at the Evyap Sabun Indonesia factory in the Sei Mangkei Special Economic Zone broke out around 10am, forcing the victims, aged 26 to 43, to take desperate measures when flames and smoke reached their work area.
Despite efforts to save them, all three victims died from injuries sustained in the fall. Preliminary reports suggest the blaze started on the third or fourth floor, and firefighters continued battling the flames for over three hours. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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