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At least 41 people have died in Indonesia after a fire broke out at an overcrowded prison on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta.
Indonesia’s Minister of Law and Human Rights, Yasonna Laoly said the embassies of the respective countries had been informed.
Laoly, added that multiple rooms in the prison block had been locked and could not be opened as the fire spread.
The blaze broke out in the early hours of today at Tangerang jail when most of the prisoners were asleep.
Dozens of people are said to be injured, with some in ICU.
