Jakarta (ANTARA News) - At least 17 houses at densely populated residence of Tambora, West Jakarta caught fire early Saturday but there was no immediate report about casualty or material losses so far.

The fire accidence occurred at 2.20 a.m. western Indonesia standard time (WIB) on Saturday, according to police twitter account TMCPolda Metro here, the police said.

The fire brigade personnel were still collecting information about the accidence.

As many as 33 fire brigade trucks have been deployed to extinguish the fire.

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