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Tangerang Prison fire leaves at least 40 dead as blaze tears through overcrowded jail

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A terrifying blaze has ripped through an overcrowded prison in Indonesia and killed at least 40 inmates, officials have said.The deadly blaze tore through the young correctional facility in Jakarta in the early hours of Wednesday morning.A government spokesperson said the fire broke out between 1 and 2am at the Tangerang Prison Block C.It burned for around two hours and has now been extinguished, but authorities are still evacuating the facility, said Rika Apriantia, spokeswoman of the prison department of the law and human rights ministry."The cause is under investigation," she said.The block houses inmates being held for drug-related offences and had a capacity for 122 people, she.

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