At least 16 dead after fire breaks out at Pertamina fuel storage station in Jakarta

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Two of the 16 fatalities were children, while 50 people were injured including one child, according to an official. Read more at straitstimes.com.

JAKARTA - At least 16 people were killed when a fire broke out on Friday at a fuel storage station operated by Indonesia’s state energy company Pertamina in the capital Jakarta, an official at the city’s main firefighting unit said.

Two of the 16 fatalities were children, while 50 people were injured including one child, according to Mr Rahmat Kristanto, an official at the firefighting unit. Explosions could be heard in footage shared on social media, although Reuters was not immediately able to authenticate the clips. Mr Siswandi, a 21-year-old resident, said the scene “was chaotic, as we were running away alongside injured victims who were half burned, and it caused panic among people,” adding that he was taking all of his valuable documents from his house.

 

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