Tangerang prison fire

When

8 Sep 2021

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

6.19° S, 106.64° E

Description

2021 fire in an overcrowded prison block in Tangerang, Indonesia

Deaths

46

Injured

75

2021 fire near Jakarta, Indonesia

On 8 September 2021, a fire occurred in an overcrowded prison block in the city of Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The fire began at about 01:45 WIB in sector C of the Tangerang prison, killing 41 inmates and injuring a further 75. More victims succumbed to their injuries in the following days, raising the death toll to 49.

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “At least 49 inmates were killed and more than 70 others were injured after a massive fire broke out at a penitentiary in Tangerang, Banten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “40 personnes décèdent dans l'incendie de la prison de Tangerang (province de Banten)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حريق كبير في سجن تانجيرانج في إندونيسيا، يؤدي إلى وفاة 41 سجينًا وإصابة 80 آخرين”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page