Landfill fire near Jakarta put out after over a week

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JAKARTA — A landfill fire on the outskirts of Jakarta has been extinguished after burning for more than a week as evacuees returned home, a disaster agency spokesman said on Friday.

The Jatiwaringin landfill in the Tangerang district, west of Indonesia’s capital, caught fire on June 30, prompting the local government to declare a two-week emergency.

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