At least 24 killed in Indonesia matchstick warehouse fire: official

AFP  |  Jakarta 

At least two dozen people were killed when a fire ripped through a matchstick in on Friday, authorities said.

"There have been 24 deaths," said the of North Sumatra's disaster agency Riadil Lubis, adding that investigators believed they had identified the charred remains of 21 adults and three children.

"We don't know what caused the fire but it has been extinguished," he added.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

First Published: Fri, June 21 2019. 14:20 IST