Indonesia prison fire kills at least 41 people

A fire at Indonesia's overcrowded Tangerang Prison killed at least 41 people and wounded 78 others — including eight with serious injuries, authorities said Wednesday, per the New York Times.

The big picture: Inmates were evacuated from the 900-prisoner-capacity facility in Banten province, near Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, which was housing 2,069 inmates, the NYT notes. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.