JAKARTA: Three days after a fire broke out at a fuel storage depot in North Jakarta, Ms Septiana and her family members remained at an evacuation centre on Monday (Mar 6). Speaking to CNA, Ms Septiana said that it was raining heavily last Friday night when she and her family heard a loud rumble outside her
JAKARTA: Three days after a fire broke out at a fuel storage depot in North Jakarta, Ms Septiana and her family members remained at an evacuation centre on Monday .
“We were afraid the gas might be poisonous. The area then became enveloped with thick smoke,” she recounted.“What’s left is just the house frame. All my furniture, all our motorcycles were destroyed … One of my neighbours died in the blaze, the one beside my house.” Mr Sahlan, another resident affected by the blaze, said that he saw a lightning strike on the night of the incident.
As of Monday morning, about 193 people remained at the evacuation centre, according to Mr Syarief Hidayutallah, the deputy secretary for the North Jakarta region of the Indonesian Red Cross. At the evacuation centre, Mr Hidayutallah said that they provide counselling and trauma healing sessions for those affected by the blaze.
“The best treatment for the victims remains our priority,” Pertamina Patra Niaga said in its statement. President Joko Widodo, in a visit to an evacuation site for residents in North Jakarta on Sunday, reportedly said that the area surrounding the Plumpang fuel storage depot is considered a danger zone and is no longer habitable.
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