A fuel storage station caught fire in North Jakarta, Indonesiathis friday night, causing the death of at least 14 people and more than 40 injured.
The flames broke out at the storage station which is operated by the state oil company.”PT Pertamina“So far there are 14 dead” and at least 42 injured, said General Dudung Abdurachman, army chief of staff.
Following the raging fire, North Jakarta Police Bureau Chief Senior Commissioner Gidion Arif Setiawan said a search for more victims at the scene was currently underway.
“PT Pertamina is currently focusing its efforts on containing the fire and evacuating workers and residents in the area to safe locations,” PT Pertamina said in a statement.
The victims were taken to several nearby hospitals, the officer told reporters.
National Search and Rescue Office spokesman Yusuf Latief told the agency xinhua that several employees of the local search and rescue office are involved in the rescue operation.
At least 51 fire crews were reportedly deployed to the scene to deal with the blaze. According to the Indonesian Ministry of Energy, the plant has a capacity of 300,000 kilolitres.
Instead, the officer of the North Jakarta fire station, Satriadi Gunawan spoke to the news channel Compas TV, and acknowledged that the flames had spread to nearby properties. Concern continues in the Asian country.
Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is the most populous city in the country and is located on the island of Java. With an area of 650 square kilometers, it concentrates a population of 10.1 million people. The country has 272,249,000 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous in the world.
Shocking fire in a skyscraper in Hong Kong
Images of a raging fire in a building in the middle of the night in Hong Kong were shocking on Thursday. It is a 42-story skyscraper under construction located on Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, in the commercial area of the island.
After hours of burning, the building had blackened walls and charred remains of bamboo scaffolding on Friday morning as cleaners tried to clear the rubble from the streets.
The blaze had broken out after 11pm and left no casualties other than two people who were slightly injured, firefighters said. Police said 170 people living in nearby blocks had been evacuated to a safe distance.
The first flames were detected on the upper scaffolding of the building and were visible from the port. An hour later, the fire spread to the entire building, as a shower of ash fell on the area.
The building was designed to house a hotel and the historic Sailors Club according to the website of its builder, the Empire Group.
Source: Clarin
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