10 Stalls At Manyaran Market, Semarang Burned Down

Firefighters were assisted by residents to extinguish the fire that burned 10 stalls at Pasar Manyaran Semarang, Monday night. (ANTARA/ ICSenjaya)

SEMARANG - About 10 stalls in Manyaran Market, Kembang Arum, Semarang City, Central Java, were burned down.

Three units of fire engines were deployed to extinguish the fire, which was first noticed at around 19.45 WIB.

One of the eyewitnesses, Sutarman (50), said the source of the fire was thought to have come from one of the stalls in the center.

"The information is that the fire came from one of the food stalls," said the trader whose stall was also on fire, reported by Antara, Monday, May 9.

According to him, some of the stalls that caught fire were indeed used to sell food at night.

In fact, he continued, some traders also use kiosks to store their belongings.

Firefighters took about 45 minutes to extinguish the fire that burned the market complex behind a modern shop.

There were no casualties in the unfortunate incident.

Meanwhile, firefighters and police at the scene could not determine the initial cause of the fire.