Cargo train derailed in Surakarta

SURAKARTA, Central Java: Three out of a train's 16 tank cars jumped the rails at Balapan Train Station in Surakarta on Wednesday, but no fatalities were reported.

The train was heading east to Madiun regency, East Java province, from Yogyakarta when the accident occurred.

The derailed cars started leaking kerosene, prompting workers for state-owned train operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia to bring drums to siphon off the remaining spilled kerosene. Each tank car contains 37,000 liters of kerosene. -- Antara