Five houses in the densely populated Sumadinata lane off Jl. Pasundan, Bandung, were razed by fire on Friday at lunchtime.
"It happened at around 12:15 while people were at their Friday prayers," said Mohammad Hadi, a resident whose house was destroyed in the blaze.
The fire, Hadi said, had started when from a candle set some curtains on fire at an elderly woman’s house. The fire spread and soon razed the building, belonging to Ibu Esih.
"I don’t know what the candle was for. When I saw it, it was already a large fire and we immediately called the fire brigade," Hadi said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.
No one was hurt in the incident, as all residents had left their homes as soon as Hadi noticed the fire.
Bandung Fire Brigade chief Yedi Z deployed six fire trucks to the scene.
"The residents assisted us to put out the fire. If we hadn't acted as quickly as we did, the fire would have spread to more houses as this is a dense settlement,” Yadi said at the scene.
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