JAKARTA: At least 17 people have been killed and dozens injured in a massive blaze at a state-run fuel storage depot in Indonesia's capital.
The inferno burned several houses, caused people to flee in panic and forced the evacuation of residential areas near the depot run by energy firm Pertamina in north Jakarta, officials said. The Jakarta fire and rescue department said 17 people were killed in Friday's blaze, which injured at least 50 more.Many of those killed and injured suffered severe burns after the fire broke out, department chief Satriadi Gunawan told AFP.
Erick Thohir, the country's minister of state-owned enterprises, expressed his condolences for those killed and injured. “We are all saddened by his tragedy,” he said in a statement, calling on Pertamina to fully investigate the incident. Footage broadcast on TV showed people screaming and fleeing through narrow roads with a raging inferno in the sky behind them. Firefighters were also shown rushing to the scene to control the blaze as ambulance workers transported body bags to hospitals.
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