Tangerang prison fire
The Tangerang prison fire was a fire in an overcrowded prison block in the city of Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, in Greater Jakarta. The fire happened on 8 September 2021 in sector C of the Tangerang prison. It killed 49 inmates and injured 72 others. This was the deadliest fire in Indonesia since the 2017 Tangerang fireworks disaster, which killed at least 49 people.
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2021 disasters in Indonesia
2021 fires in Asia
Banten
Building and structure fires in Asia
2020s in Java
September 2021 events