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Indonesia

17 are killed in karaoke bar fire

Seventeen people died in a fire that raced through a packed karaoke bar early on Sunday on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, with 71 others hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Witnesses told authorities the fire started at around 1 am on the second floor of the three-story building, as hundreds of people were singing in private rooms at the Inul Vizta Karaoke club in downtown Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, according to the city's police chief, Colonel Rio Permana. Workers were unable to put out fires with extinguishers.