Fires claim 12 lives

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Eight people died and at least 50 were injured in a stampede when fire broke out on an Indonesian ferry in September, the AFP news agency reported.Widespread panic ensued when a truck carrying onions caught fire while 4,011gt ro-ro KM Kirana IX was docked in Tanjung Perak port, Surabaya, on 28 September. "The passengers heard there was a fire and they all panicked and ran off the boat," Disaster Management Agency head Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said. "Eight people have died and others have been taken to hospital," he added.