Two foreign nationals were among 41 inmates killed in the fire the country's law and human rights minister Yasonna Laoly told a news conference - the foreigners were from South Africa and Portugal.
The fire, which broke out at 1 to 2am at the Tangerang Prison Block C, had been extinguished and authorities were still evacuating the facility, said Rika Aprianti, a spokesperson of the prison department of the law and human rights ministry.
The block housed inmates being held for drug-related offences and had a capacity for 122 people, she said.41 killed 39 scorched due to fire in Indonesia jail, administration claims fire was found to be controlled, fire broke out in jail between 1:0 and 2 on Wednesday night, drug dealers were kept in jail, The cause of the fire is being investigated
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