This aerial picture shows burnt houses in a residential area in Plumpang, north Jakarta on March 4, 2023, after a fire at a nearby state-run fuel storage depot run by energy firm Pertamina.
“It started with a very strong smell. It was so strong that we could hardly breathe,” witness Swastono Aji told AFP.Vice President Ma’ruf Amin visited the scene on Saturday and confirmed 17 people were killed and 60 more injured.“I hope this depot can be relocated… so it will be safer and this area will be rearranged so it meets the requirements of a proper neighbourhood in the capital,” he told reporters.
“After we had multiple fires… it is clear that we must audit all fuel facilities and infrastructures, especially tanks and refineries,” Sugeng Suparwoto, head of the parliament’s energy commission, told local broadcaster Metro TV on Saturday. “I instructed Pertamina to immediately investigate this case and we are now focusing on helping the people. There must be an operational evaluation in the future,” Minister of State Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir said in an Instagram post late Friday.
“It was like a bomb, it was like a mini apocalypse. It was unimaginable,” said witness Jamilul Asror, 45, calling on authorities to relocate residents farther away.Footage broadcast Friday night showed people screaming and fleeing through narrow roads with an inferno lighting up the sky behind them.The military and Pertamina said they were investigating the cause of the tragedy.
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