Oil pipeline fire kills Chinese worker in Indonesia - GulfToday

Oil pipeline fire kills Chinese worker in Indonesia

  • 23 Oct 2019

An aerial view of a fire on a pipeline owned by PT Pertamina in Cimahi near Bandung, West Java province, on Wednesday. Reuters

Authorities say a Chinese worker was killed in a fire at an oil pipeline in western Indonesia.

West Java police chief Rudy Sufahriadi said the fire broke out on Tuesday near a high-speed rail construction site that will connect the capital, Jakarta, to Bandung, located in West Java's Cimahi district.

Firefighters extinguish a fire after a crane fell onto a pipeline of state-owned Pertamina Oil company in West Java. AFP

He said a preliminary investigation showed the fire broke out when a pipeline owned by state-run oil and gas company Pertamina ruptured during a construction project, killing the Chinese national.

Television footage of the fire showed thick plumes of black smoke and orange flames filling the sky as firefighters battled the inferno.

The fire was extinguished just before nightfall.

 

 

Associated Press

 

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