At least 17 people were killed when a fire broke out on Friday at a fuel storage station in Indonesia, an official says.
The fire, which started after 8 p.m. local time , burned some houses and sent nearby residents in the densely populated areas into a panic, some of whom fled with their belongings, footage from broadcasters showed.
Two of the fatalities were children, while 50 people were injured including one child, according to Rahmat Kristanto, an official at the firefighting unit. Near the storage station, residents crowded the area while firefighters carried orange body bags from the fire. Jakarta’s disaster-mitigation agency said residents had been evacuated into nearby mosques.
Pertamina said in a statement that the cause of the incident was still being investigated and that evacuation efforts were ongoing.
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