January 16, 2018 5:38 PM

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Fire rips through Dutch colonial building in Jakarta

A fire ripped through a 17th century Dutch colonial building that houses a maritime museum in the Indonesian capital Jakarta today, causing extensive damage to its historical collections. <br/><br/>Museum head Husnizon Nizar said there are no casualties from the fire that swept through one of the museum's three historic buildings. It took about four hours for fire fighters to extinguish it. <br/><br/>Nizar said the blaze destroyed models of Dutch East India Company ships, traditional Indonesian vessels and a newly installed diorama showing the history of World War II in the Java Sea.<br/><br/>It is the second building calamity to hit Jakarta in two days. Yesterday, a mezzanine floor in the Indonesian stock<br/>exchange tower collapsed, injuring nearly 80 people.<br/><br/>

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