JAKARTA – PT Pertamina RU VI Balongan oil refinery, Indramayu Regency, West Java, on fire around 01.30 WIB. The fire and explosion of the refinery were thought to have been caused by lightning.
“There was an explosion, the cause is thought to have been struck by lightning, it was rainy weather,” said Acting Head of Rescue and Evacuation of the Indramayu Fire Brigade, Suyanto to Okezone, Monday (29/3/2021).
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Suyanto said, his party deployed two fire engines. This is because Pertamina already has a number of special fire engines.
“From the service we deployed two units, because there (Pertamina) has a fire engine,” he continued.
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He said that the Head of the Fire Service of the Civil Service Police Unit and the Indramayu District Fire Department, Joni Takarasel, was at the location of the fire to monitor the extinction process.
Previously, the fire that burned the PT Pertamina RU VI Balongan oil refinery in Indramayu Regency, West Java, was seen from a distance of five kilometers.
“From here, it looks like the fire is really big,” said Suci, a resident of Indramayu, to ANTARA.
Suci said that the distance from her residence to the oil refinery area owned by Pertamina VI Balongan is about 5 kilometers. Although so far the flames seemed to be soaring.
“From here the distance is far, but the fire is visible,” said Suci.
Another resident named Dedi said that the same thing was that the oil refinery area was emitting fire and the noise was quite loud.
“Yes, it can be seen from here. Indeed, it is the RU VI Balongan area,” he said by telephone.
From the video circulating on social media groups, the condition of the RU VI Balongan location was violently burned, forcing local residents to leave their houses.
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