Indonesia forest fire kills 7 hikers

Indonesia forest fire kills 7 hikers
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Seven hikers died on Monday after being caught in a forest fire on Indonesia’s main Java island. Two other hikers were severely injured in the fire on Sunday on the slope of Lawu Mountain, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.

Seven hikers died on Monday after being caught in a forest fire on Indonesia’s main Java island. Two other hikers were severely injured in the fire on Sunday on the slope of Lawu Mountain, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.


The victims were among more than a dozen hikers who were caught in the fire, which raced through the forest on the 3,265-metre mountain on the border between East and Central Java provinces. Rescuers were still searching the area for any other possible victims, Nugroho said.
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